Gerald Durrell Quotes
I can't be expected to produce deathless prose in an atmosphere of gloom and eucalyptus.
Quotes to Explore
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I love whimsical things and forests. I'm really into all that.
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If I think of something, half-way into it, I can throw it in there and it won't be so far down the line that it would be insignificant. However, I also like to completely focus on something for a certain period of time, and then be able to move on to something else.
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I enjoy playing villains - I'm very proud that I belong to a very honorable tradition of British actors who come to Hollywood to play the bad guys. At some point in American film, I think there was the idea that the British accent had a tone to it that's a little bit naughty.
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The cream of enjoyment in this life is always impromptu. The chance walk; the unexpected visit; the unpremeditated journey; the unsought conversation or acquaintance.
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Art is like politics. Any theory carried too far ends in sterility, and freshness is only gained by following some other line.
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My father is 100% Japanese and came to the United States when he was only 18 years old. My grandmother still resides in Japan, which has allowed me to travel to the roots of my ancestors with my father.
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I#pray because the need flows out of me all the time-walking and sleeping. It does not change # God - it changes me.
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Wherever there are ski resorts there will be daily updates. These will mostly relay information that is relevant to skiers - imminent snowfall, the likelihood of avalanches and so on - but it will also offer advice on any storm fronts that are expected. For anybody planning a trek, this is crucial information.
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When two, or more men, know of one and the same fact, they are said to be CONSCIOUS of it one to another; which is as much as to know it together.
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A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy.
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All beings so far have created something beyond themselves; and do you want to be the ebb of this great flood and even go back to the beasts rather than overcome man? What is the ape to man? A laughingstock or a painful embarrassment. And man shall be just that for the overman: a laughingstock or a painful embarrassment.
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He who kisses girl on hillside is not level.
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Cut out doors and windows for the house. The holes make it useful.
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The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence.
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Admittedly communism has not been achieved in Russia. State socialism has been built.
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Reforming public education, cutting property taxes, fixing adult and child protective services and funding our budget can all occur when Democrats and Republicans engage in consensus and cooperation - not cynicism and combat.
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The greatest fault of the day is the absence of stillness.
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Audiences tend to dig the earlier stuff by any given musician, and the artists themselves always tend to prefer the thing that they're doing now.
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There must be power in the word of a satyagraha general, not the power that the possession of limitless arms gives, but the power that purifies life which strict vigilance and a ceaseless application produce.
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I can't be expected to produce deathless prose in an atmosphere of gloom and eucalyptus.
