David Attenborough Quotes

People are not going to care about animal conservation unless they think that animals are worthwhile.

David Attenborough

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AnimalPeopleThinkCareAnimals

A lot of period pieces we see are adaptations of novels - we always know the story.

Joanne Froggatt

StoryKnowAlwaysSeePiecesPeriod

I love science fiction, and one of the things I love about it is that it's so very different. You can read stuff that's just fast-paced adventure, and the characters are cardboard, but who cares, because they're heroes, and we love it. And you can read stuff that's really deep character, and everything in between.

Ann Leckie

LoveCharacterScienceAdventureYou

Conservatives brayed that government should stay out of the private sector; liberals bleated for nationalizing the banks.

Steven Rattner

GovernmentOutStayLiberalsShould

People shouldn't trust artists and they shouldn't trust art. Part of the fun of art is that it invites you to interpret it.

Tony Kushner

ArtTrustFunPeopleYouArtists

My sense is that, when you look at what people such as former Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein have said over the years, you don't go with a story unless you have two independent sources to confirm it.

Ron Wyden

PeopleStoryYouLookGoSaid

I think we have to believe we are here for some purpose, and I know there are many cynics who will deny it, but they don't live as if they deny it.

Joshua Lederberg

LivePurposeBelieveThinkKnowWho

I'm not a housewife in any way.

Courteney Cox

WayHousewifeAny

When a book comes from the publisher and you see it for the first time... Of course it's not remotely like seeing a baby for the first time, but I can remember with each book what room I was in when I opened it. That would be excitement, though, I think. Not pride.

Colm Toibin

TimeBabyBookThinkPrideRemember

When I was 14, my mother died. My father, who had always had ulcers, came apart. He had a series of intestinal operations, and was in the hospital for nearly a year. So the four of us teenagers lived by ourselves in the apartment without a guardian.

Bonnie Bedelia

FatherMotherYearHospitalWithout

I went to school to be an actor in Canada and realized I hated auditions once I left, which is a huge problem if you want to get a part.

Brad Goreski

RideYouWantLineFineStylist

I'm most proud of the longevity of my marriage, my kids, and my grandchildren. If you don't have that, you really don't have very much.

Bob Newhart

MarriageProudGrandchildrenYou

The first thing that I see in a woman are her eyes. Sorry, it sounds shallow, but eyes say a lot about a person.

Ali Fazal

EyesWomanSorryPersonSaySee

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