Gerald Durrell Quotes
Animals generally return the love you lavish on them by a swift bite in passing-not unlike friends and wives.
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If only one in 1,000 people that I talk to goes on to write a good book, that's one more good book that I've helped along... and maybe it will be a book I love myself five or 10 years down the line.
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Because animals are property, we consider as 'humane treatment' that we would regard as torture if it were inflicted on humans.
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God only expects man and woman to be together and to be legally married, only if they so are in love with each other.
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As a kid, I kind of spent my life being amazed by being tricked. I love being tricked. I still love it today.
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I love Winston Churchill; I think he had the grace of coming and the grace of leaving - when things were hard he was there, and when it was time to leave, he left.
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I was informed... that some... were dreaming and wished to return.
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There are two of my favorite books, 'The Great Gatsby' and 'Gone With The Wind', that were made into movies. And I love those movies as much as I love the books. That's really rare.
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The angel of mercy, the child of love, together had flown to the realms above.
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I am an American, not by accident of birth but by choice. I voted with my feet and became an American because I love this country and think it is exceptional.
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People have told me that they cannot put down 'If I Stay' after reading it, and readers have become very invested in the love story between Adam and Mia.
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Augustine says that you don't understand a nation by the throw weight of its military or the strength of its research universities or the size of its population, but by looking at what it loves in common. To assess a nation, you look at the health and strength of its ideals. And there's no question that the common love in America is freedom.
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I love people who dress how they feel and change it depending on the day.
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With my songs I tried to prove that there is love.
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We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone - but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy.
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'The Last Ship,' which is a beautifully written piece, is about a love triangle and young men working in a shipyard. Audiences may prefer to see a show that allows them to forget about their worries for an evening.
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I want to move people, stir something within them that makes them feel. That's what a movie should do and an actor should do, make you feel something. I think that's why people love films so much.
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I don't dislike anybody. I love everybody.
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You can be a man who loves a woman but love someone the way a gay man loves another man or a woman loves a woman.
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The only victory love can enjoy is the day when its offer of love is answered by the return of love. The only possible final triumph is a universe loved by God and in love with God.
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I know feeling pressure gets you nowhere creatively. You've just got to understand the character, understand the story, and just play it to the fullest extent.
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When you're walking into the stadium, you just say to yourself, 'the 100m is the same anywhere, the shot put is the same weight anywhere.'
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I used to teach improv courses in Amsterdam where we would do team-building exercises, and they can go south very quickly.
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Animals generally return the love you lavish on them by a swift bite in passing-not unlike friends and wives.
