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.
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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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My heart is in independent film-making. For me, it's where the fun, gritty storytelling is being told.
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It was in the air, or so it seemed to Kiki, this hatred of women and their bodies- it seeped in with every draught in the house; people brought it home on their shoes, they breathed it in off their newspapers. There was no way to control it.
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We always say Jordan is not rich in natural resources - we don't have oil or gas like some of our neighbors do - but I think in terms of human resources, we are quite lucky and we are really trying to foster an environment of innovation and technology. I think Jordan will emerge as a center of innovation in the Middle East.
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The feature space is a spectacle space. It's about getting people out of their houses to go to theater when we all have a lot of things in our home now that occupy our attention.
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Dialect was my biggest fear. So, I spent a long time working with dialect coaches just trying to get American down. I think it's very important and very easy to misinterpret.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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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.
