![[I]n Africa I was a member of a family—of a sort of family that the people of your culture haven't known for thousands of years. If gorillas were capable of such an expression, they would tell you that their family is like a hand, of which they are the fingers. They are fully aware of being a family but are very little aware of being individuals. Here in the zoo there were other gorillas—but there was no family. Five severed fingers do not make a hand.](/assets/img/quote-photos/in-africa-i-was-a-member-of-a-familyof-a-sort-of-family-that-the-people-of-you.jpg)
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zoos kids men
Oh, I was an ugly kid. My old man took me to the zoo. They thanked him for returning me. Rodney Dangerfield
zoos believe thinking
...people who believe in God think God has put human beings on earth because they think human beings are the best animal, but human beings are just an animal and they will evolve into another animal, and that animal will be cleverer and it will put human beings into a zoo, like we put chimpanzees and gorillas into a zoo. Or human beings will all catch a disease and die out or they will make too much pollution and kill themselves, and then there will only be insects in the world and they will be the best animal. Mark Haddon
zoos tea watches
[On public events attended by royalty:] It was the usual 'zoo tea.' You know, we eat - the others watch. Princess Margaret
zoos real nice
Most people are really nice but some stare, like you're some kind of zoo exhibit and not a real person with real feelings. Emma Watson
zoos kids littles
I had been a student in Vienna, and one of the neat little things I had found out was about that zoo. It was a good debut novel for me to have published. I was 26 or 27 when it was published. I already had a kid and would soon have a second. John Irving
zoos culture break-out
Because we have put ourselves in our own zoo, we find it difficult to break out. Edward T. Hall
zoos people looks
A zoo is a good place to make a spectacle of yourself, as the people around you have creepier, more photogenic things to look at. David Sedaris
zoos voice space
The voice of the natural world would be, 'could you please give us space and leave us alone to get along with our own lives and our own ways, because we actually know much better how to do it than when you start interfering'' Jane Goodall
zoos mean race
I understand the people-watching, but I've never done it where people have to race to three different shows, from here to there. I mean, the biggest zoo I ever faced was Comic Con, and Comic Con takes place in one big hangar. James Wolcott
expression gene major separates
We think gene expression is a major part of what separates chimps and humans. E. B. White
expression mirrors worry
Annabeth recognized something else in her face, too - in the hard set of her mouth and the deliberate way she raised her chin like she was ready to accept any challenge. Reyna was forcing a look of courage, while holding back a mixture of hopefulness and worry and fear that she couldn't show in public. Annabeth knew that expression. She saw it every time she looked in a mirror. Rick Riordan
expression your-side hey
I gave her a smile that I hoped conveyed something like: Hey, you know I’m on your side. Gods are such jerks! But what can you do? Probably my expression actually conveyed: It’s not my fault! Please do not kill me!
expression default homicidal
Nick looked vaguely homicidal, but that was sort of his default expression. Sarah Rees Brennan
expression leader political
A political leader who desires to be useful to the revolutionary proletariat must be able to distinguish concrete cases of compromises that are inexcusable and are an expression of opportunism and treachery. Vladimir Lenin
expression giving able
Methinks the human method of expression by sound of tongue is very elementary, and ought to be substituted for some ingenious invention which should be able to give vent to at least six coherent sentences at once. Virginia Woolf
expression challenges east
I consider the modernization of the Middle East the central challenge of our time. This region behaves as if it were disturbed, if you'll excuse the clinical expression. Zalmay Khalilzad
expression trying able
I am freely able to express myself honestly to the public without trying to polish it over, trying to hide something. I'm just trying to be free with my expression. Ziggy Marley
expression self denial
I have in my life concentrated more on self-expression than self-denial. Winston Churchill
hands onto risk simply
Just simply splashing around in the water, if there is sewage contamination there is a risk you could get it onto your hands and get it into your mouth, Glenn Morris
hands jail
hands down, even if in jail or in the grave.
hands intimidate panic puck rattle seen sweetest
He's got the sweetest hands I think I've seen on a guy. He doesn't panic with the puck at all. He doesn't let too much intimidate him or rattle him out there, and that's a big thing. Rob Niedermayer
hands job takes whatever
Whatever it takes to get the job done. We need all hands on deck. James Woods
hands power purpose shift
The purpose of this is to shift power from one set of hands to another.
hands knows
I think we need to put it in the hands of someone who knows real estate.
hands mind process reflect season time whenever
I think that thought process will go through my mind whenever the season is over with, (then) I'll get to that. I'll have a lot of time on my hands without basketball, so I'll be able to reflect on that.
hands happened teacher
I was very upset. No teacher has a right to put her hands on a child. This is not a one-time incident. This has happened before.
hands help inside
I was able to get my hands inside and I probably used a little nudge from J.B. (Bettis) in the back to help me out a little bit. Heath Miller