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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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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If they're only coming for the hot dogs, let them be there for the hot dogs. They have to watch us.
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Let the world burn through you. Throw the prism light, white hot, on paper.
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That day I carried the dream around like a full glass of water, moving gracefully so I would not lose any of it.
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I had to groan a bit on the couch when my brow was mopped-as it is when you've been shot across the chest.
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I am very handy with my advice and then when anybody appears to be following it, I get frantic.
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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.
