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As a small child in England, I had this dream of going to Africa. We didnt have any money and I was a girl, so everyone

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"As a small child in England, I had this dream of going to Africa. We didn't have any money and I was a girl, so everyone except my mother laughed at it. When I left school, there was no money for me to go to university, so I went to secretarial college and got a job"

- Jane Goodall

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This quote is written / told by Jane Goodall somewhere between April 3, 1934 and today. He/she was a famous Scientist from England. The author also have 2 other quotes.

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