John James Audubon Quotes
The Fur Company may be called the exterminating medium of these wild and almost uninhabitable regions, which cupidity or the love of money alone would induce man to venture into. Where can I now go and find nature undisturbed?
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When I was 11, I realised that I did not have to live the life my mother had: school, marriage, children, apartment, summer house.
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President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a top priority for his second term.
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It was in 1969, and I thought, wow, you know, I really didn't want to do a TV series. You know, I had my own act, and I was performing in Vegas and doing all of these exciting things.
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This could never be a crime in any society which deems himself enlightened.
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I can understand Communism, but not Socialism.
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I feel like I'm a good actor, but I wouldn't call myself a gifted actor.
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If I present a boring personal life to my readers, it's going to be harder for them to think of my novels as thrilling.
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If I had Instagram, it would be pictures of my son, who is a cat.
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I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.
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I've never had to fend for a child's life, which sounds very terrifying.
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We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them.
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Obviously I'm not 21 anymore, but I think I can still throw with anybody.
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Politicians in Washington and Madison aren't hearing, aren't listening to their constituents and prioritizing getting people back to work and growing our economy.
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Many journalists are influenced by a myopic multiculturalism that is suspicious of anything Western, while giving the benefit of the doubt to non-Western societies.
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I'm very humble.
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We treat old people so badly. There is nothing easy about 80.
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I'll be judged on the body of work and not the popularity of any one decision.
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I can't predict the future and I don't have respect for people who try to.
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Relativity challenges your basic intuitions that you've built up from everyday experience. It says your experience of time is not what you think it is, that time is malleable. Your experience of space is not what you think it is; it can stretch and shrink.
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I'm trying to photograph an old offshore oil city that is lying in decay in the Caspian Sea, but I've been having a hard time getting there.
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The Afghan War has clearly reached a stage similar to that moment at your child's party where you realise you've forgotten to give the other parents a pick up time.
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Real cowboys wear Wranglers. End of story. Levi's may be chic and trendy, but if you work cattle for a living, you wear Wranglers.
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I want to do a Tennessee Williams play.
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The Fur Company may be called the exterminating medium of these wild and almost uninhabitable regions, which cupidity or the love of money alone would induce man to venture into. Where can I now go and find nature undisturbed?
