"My real father died when I was two years old, so I never knew him. He was a barber in Chicago."

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Source : "The Quest for Human Origins". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. January 25, 1991.

Donald Johanson

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“We advance on our journey only when we face our goal, when we are confident and believe we are going to win out.”
“Some sarcasm is best told simply. Some humor is best told big and some is best told small.”
“He is always the severest censor of the merit of others who has the least worth of his own.”

Source : Elias Lyman Magoon (1849). “Proverbs for the people: or, Illustrations of practical godliness drawn from the Book of wisdom”, p.32
“Every instance of obedience, from right motives, strengthens us spiritually, whilst every act of disobedience weakens us.”
“I think that's the coolest thing about our fans, they not only respect, but they demand, excellence from our guys.”

Source : Source: 411mania.com
“I have been trying all my life to like Scotchmen, and am obliged to desist from the experiment in despair.”
“Although not of the quality of my later work, I feel there is some quality to it [my early work] in an art sense, and probably some additional quality in a biographical sense.”
“After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.”

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