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Mary Leakey
British
Scientist
Born:
Feb 6
,
1913
Died:
Dec 9
,
1996
Always
Go
Healthy
Never
Really
You
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I'd rather be in a tent than in a house.
Mary Leakey
Rather
Tent
House
Than
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
Time
Possible
Threat
Some
Glance
She
Motion
Left
North
Intensely
Human
Stops
Transcends
Then
Turns
I dug things up. I was curious. I liked to draw what I found.
Mary Leakey
Draw
Liked
Dug
Up
Curious
Found
Things
I had never passed a single school exam, and clearly never would.
Mary Leakey
School
Single
Would
Exam
Never
Had
Clearly
Passed
No amounts of stone and bone could yield the kinds of information that the paintings gave so freely.
Mary Leakey
Bone
Gave
Kinds
Could
Freely
Yield
Stone
Information
Paintings
Amount
I got too old to live in the bush. You really need to be youngish and healthy, so it seemed stupid to keep going.
Mary Leakey
You
Old
Stupid
Healthy
Live
Too
Seemed
Got
Going
Bush
Really
Keep
Keep Going
Need
I go once a year to the Serengeti to see the wildebeest migrations because that means a lot to me, but I avoid Olduvai if I can because it is a ruin. It is most depressing.
Mary Leakey
Me
Year
Ruin
Once
Once A Year
See
Most
Because
Go
Lot
Depressing
Migration
Means
Avoid
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