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1. "There have been some friendships lost over this. That's the most difficult for me. I find it very uncomfortable to know that I was at one time close friends with someone, and because of jealousies and misunderstandings and so on, these friendships have dissolved." ~ Donald Johanson
2. "My real father died when I was two years old, so I never knew him. He was a barber in Chicago." ~ Donald Johanson
3. "When I realized, in 1978, that Lucy did represent a new species of human ancestor, and that I had an opportunity to name this new species, I realized this was a revolutionary step in understanding human origins." ~ Donald Johanson
4. "I was very intellectually oriented, very early on." ~ Donald Johanson
5. "One has to devote oneself to a particular pursuit. To be successful at anything, you have to make a total commitment to it." ~ Donald Johanson
6. "Scientists are very afraid of being proven wrong." ~ Donald Johanson
7. "But it really wasn't until three to four years later, when we had an opportunity in the lab to make very detailed observations, and comparisons with other fossil discoveries, that we realized she was a new species of human ancestor." ~ Donald Johanson
8. "But what really excited me was the idea that humans had a tremendous pre-history that went back millions of years. I wanted to go to Africa to find some of these creatures." ~ Donald Johanson
9. "I realized immediately that this was a terribly important discovery, but I didn't realize how important it would be until we had spent a lot of time in the laboratory studying it." ~ Donald Johanson
10. "I think that many of my ideas are correct, but I'll bet you, before my death other discoveries will be made that will prompt me to alter various ideas I have about human evolution." ~ Donald Johanson
11. "In our case, finding a Lucy is unique. No one will ever find another Lucy. You can't order one from a biological supply house. It's a unique discovery, a unique specimen." ~ Donald Johanson
12. "Lucy brought with her an image of our human ancestors that you don't get when you find a jaw or an arm bone or a leg bone. Here was 40 percent of a single skeleton." ~ Donald Johanson
13. "Most achievers I know are people who have made a strong and deep dedication to pursuing a particular goal. That dedication took a tremendous amount of effort." ~ Donald Johanson
14. "Normally, we are happy to find a fragment of jaw, a few isolated teeth, a bit of an arm, a bit of a skull. But to find associated body parts is extremely rare." ~ Donald Johanson
15. "This was the most important discovery I had ever made in my life. It was a discovery which has irrevocably changed my whole life's direction. It immediately elevated me to the status of one of the world's leading anthropologists." ~ Donald Johanson

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