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Sometime during the many millions of years that have elapsed since mammalian faunas came into existence, some sort of island crossed from West Africa to South America. ↗

— Louis Leakey

#america #came #crossed #during #elapsed

South Africa had a long record of studies in prehistory, going back to the end of the last century. ↗

— Louis Leakey

#back #century #end #going #had

I would hazard a guess that we have found fossilized human remains of at least a thousand different specimens in South and East Africa, more or less complete at that. I think this is where the prelude to human history was primarily played out. ↗

— Richard Leakey

#complete #different #east #found #guess

I, too, am convinced that our ancestors came from Africa. ↗

— Richard Leakey

#am #ancestors #came #convinced #i

Whether or not all this came to pass in an East African ditch, I wouldn't like to say. Perhaps it happened in North Africa or further west, but Africa was definitely the place. ↗

— Richard Leakey

#african #came #definitely #ditch #east

Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really mean anything. ↗

— Norman Lear

#big #big ones #collect #come #happiness

My desire to curtail undue freedom of speech extends only to such public areas as restaurants, airports, streets, hotel lobbies, parks, and department stores. Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

#between #consenting #consenting adults #curtail #department

I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own. ↗

— Patrice Leconte

#cinema #feel #fond #from time to time #having

I'm only confrontational with my friends. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#friends #i #only

Anyone that has a job that takes them away from home, I think, can understand the difficulties in maintaining consistency, not only with your family and those you love but with your friends. ↗

— Heath Ledger

#away #consistency #difficulties #family #friends