Mary Leakey

No amounts of stone and bone could yield the kinds of information that the paintings gave so freely. ↗

— Mary Leakey

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I had never passed a single school exam, and clearly never would. ↗

— Mary Leakey

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I never felt interpretation was my job. ↗

— Mary Leakey

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I'd rather be in a tent than in a house. ↗

— Mary Leakey

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The first money I ever earned was for drawing stone tools. ↗

— Mary Leakey

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Basically, I have been compelled by curiosity. ↗

— Mary Leakey

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I dug things up. I was curious. I liked to draw what I found. ↗

— Mary Leakey

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She stops, pauses, turns to the left to glance at some possible threat or irregularity, and then continues to the north. This motion, so intensely human, transcends time. ↗

— Mary Leakey

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Now this really is something to put on the mantelpiece. ↗

— Mary Leakey

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