David Attenborough Quotes
I'd like to see the giant squid. Nobody has ever seen one. I could tell you people who have spent thousands and thousands of pounds trying to see giant squid. I mean, we know they exist because we have seen dead ones. But I have never seen a living one. Nor has anybody else.
Quotes to Explore
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If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it.
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I don't understand what A grade commercial cinema is. If you are talking about box office success, mine are A+ then!
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I like the term 'misunderstood.' But I am a bit of a bad boy.
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Touring, and being in a band, it's almost like the other stuff, the other parts of life, get put on hold.
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I personally don't like to rehearse so much. I really sort of trust my instinct.
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I'm easily entertained.
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Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.
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No good actor ever stops learning. He is constantly evolving.
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My dad's a Jew, and my mom's a WASP, so that should pretty much say it all. It was a comically dysfunctional family.
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We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away.
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Free imagination is the inestimable prerogative of youth and it must be cherished and guarded as a treasure.
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But there will come a time and a place to give back, and each individual will recognize that time and place.
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I'm obviously really opinionated, but as a producer, you don't necessarily want the person you're working with to try to impress you - you want them to just be themselves. Then you can edit or mess around with what they've come up with. But you have to allow the artist that space.
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Everyone has a purpose in life and a unique talent to give to others. And when we blend this unique talent with service to others, we experience the ecstasy and exultation of own spirit, which is the ultimate goal of all goals.
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I've never hidden the fact that I'm Jamaican; I will never disown my roots or influences.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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I mean... if you're raised as a decent human being, killing somebody is against every moral thing you've ever been taught. And so, generally, in combat it's 'krauts,' the 'gooks,' the 'yanks' - whatever you want to do to try and make it so that it's not a human being.
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We should not have drug laws or a court system that disproportionately punishes the black community.
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Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates; but they are unwholesome companions for grown people.
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They're gonna try to tell you no, shatter all your dreams. But you gotta get up and go and think of better things.
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Profundity of thought belongs to youth, clarity of thought to old age.
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You try to do a technical feature: in front of me I had a strong rider who brakes hard and it's difficult to pass.
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When I first watched 'Coraline,' I thought, 'If that ever got adapted...' If it was done by real actors, I think that would be a really fun thing to do, just because it's a kind of whole new universe.
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I'd like to see the giant squid. Nobody has ever seen one. I could tell you people who have spent thousands and thousands of pounds trying to see giant squid. I mean, we know they exist because we have seen dead ones. But I have never seen a living one. Nor has anybody else.
