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It was with deep interest that my companion and myself, both now about to see and examine the beauties of a tropical country for the first time, gazed on the land where I, at least, eventually spent eleven of the best years of my life. ↗

— Henry Walter Bates

#beauties #best #both #companion #country

We do not know enough about how the present will lead into the future. ↗

— Gregory Bateson

#enough #future #how #into #know

Anybody, providing he knows how to be amusing, has the right to talk about himself. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#amusing #anybody #himself #how #knows

I don't think I'm easy to talk about. I've got a very irregular head. And I'm not anything that you think I am anyway. ↗

— Syd Barrett

#am #anything #anyway #easy #got

As mayor of Milwaukee, I've had many developers come and many businesses come and have asked for financial assistance from the city, and my questions have always been: how many jobs are we talking about and are these family-supporting jobs. ↗

— Tom Barrett

#always #asked #assistance #been #businesses

For several days after my first book was published, I carried it about in my pocket and took surreptitious peeps at it to make sure the ink had not faded. ↗

— James M. Barrie

#after #book #carried #days #faded

We journalists make it a point to know very little about an extremely wide variety of topics; this is how we stay objective. ↗

— Dave Barry

#extremely #how #journalists #know #little

I started doing cartoons when I was about 21. I never thought I would be a cartoonist. It happened behind my back. I was always a painter and drawer. ↗

— Lynda Barry

#always #back #behind #cartoonist #cartoons

People who don't know me have opinions about me. That's the part that's very hurtful. Because how do you form an opinion about somebody if you've never met them or spent any time with them? So it's all based upon hearsay or things that they've read. ↗

— Rick Barry

#any #based #because #form #hearsay

We joke about it in the entertainment industry: Every actor wants to be a musician, and every musician wants to be an actor. ↗

— Lance Bass

#actor #entertainment #entertainment industry #every #industry