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Explore our hand-picked selection of 8 inspiring quotes by Mary Leakey.

About Mary Leakey

  • Born: February 6, 1913
  • Died: December 9, 1996
  • Occupation: Archaeologist
    • I had never passed a single school exam, and clearly never would.
    School Exam Funny Exam
    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.
    Depressing Mean Years
    The first money i ever earned was for drawing stone tools.
    Drawing Tools Stones
    I never felt interpretation was my job.
    Jobs Interpretation Felt
    I'd rather be in a tent than in a house.
    House Tents
    No amounts of stone and bone could yield the kinds of information that the paintings gave so freely.
    Yield Stones Information
    There were details like clothing, hair styles and the fragile objects that hardly ever survive for the archaeologist-musical instruments, bows and arrows, and body ornaments depicted as they were worn... no amounts of stone and bone could yield the kinds of information that the paintings gave so freely
    Science Arrows Yield
    Theories come and go, but fundamental data always remains.
    Data Fundamentals Theory
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