Nikolaas Tinbergen (Nikolaas "Niko" Tinbergen) Quotes
As a boy, I had two small aquaria in our backyard in which I watched, each spring, the nest building and other fascinating behaviours of sticklebacks.
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I always watch the work I do.
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I don't watch the show - only bits and pieces of all of them. The only one I sat through was the pilot.
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When improv is bad, it's excruciating to watch, and to be involved with it is a unique type of torture.
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I'm happiest when I can just be a director and watch.
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I didn't watch T.V. from the time I was 18 'til my mid-30s. And then I got a T.V. to watch 'The Sopranos.' I realized, 'Oh, T.V. is really interesting.'
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We are like the mechanism of a watch: each part is essential.
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I love edgy comedy. 'Coming to America' still gets me and 'Friday.' I watch old Richard Pryor stand-up on VHS, too.
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I don't watch a lot of T.V. I only watch things via Netflix, so I only watch the things that I'm choosing to watch.
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I can watch films and say how technically beautiful they are, but I'm not impressed by any technicality.
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I love to play golf and watch movies in Tamil and Telugu whenever I get time.
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My family don't watch a lot of what I do. Films are a bit too arty-farty for them, certainly the ones I do!
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I love watching old sitcoms. It's very inspiring to watch 'Mary Tyler Moore' and 'Golden Girls.' I have watched them over and over again for years.
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I don't adjust my training for any of my opponents. I don't watch films on my opponents.
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I tend to watch a little TV... Court TV, once in a while. Some of the cases I get interested in.
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It is better to watch things then to do them.
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I'm sort of obsessed with the news. That is a syndrome. But I don't watch a whole lot of TV.
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I go through these cycles where I read a lot and then watch TV a lot.
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In play, the child is always behaving beyond his age, above his usual everyday behaviour; in play he is, as it were, a head above himself. Play contains in a concentrated form, as in the focus of a magnifying glass, all developmental tendencies; it is as if the child tries to jump above his usual level.
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For the first time in history we can track the evolution of a pandemic in real time. Influenza viruses are notorious for their rapid mutation and unpredictable behaviour.
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The wolf changes his coat, but not his disposition.
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As the search continues for an understanding of the archetypal images, Jung would probably have us remember that an archetype is a hypothetical model, something like the 'pattern of behaviour' in biology. The portraits of the Goddesses in patriarchal mythology are, indeed, patterns of behaviour: They are stories told by men of how women react under patriarchy.
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Watch me, and I only really like the ball into feet. I don't like running in behind so much.
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We're looking at a story we want to call "Am I Black enough for you?" That's that whole question of who determines what "Black enough" is. Is it color? And if it's color, then are you telling me that Clarence Thomas is Blacker than Louis Farrakhan? If it's not color then what's the line that determines whether you are?
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As a boy, I had two small aquaria in our backyard in which I watched, each spring, the nest building and other fascinating behaviours of sticklebacks.
