#din

Cameramen are among the most extraordinarily able and competent people I know. They have to have an insight into natural history that gives them a sixth sense of what the creature is going to do, so they can be ready to follow. ↗

— David Attenborough

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You have to steer a course between not appalling people, but at the same time not misleading them. ↗

— David Attenborough

#between #course #misleading #people #same

There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder. ↗

— Alfred Austin

#bottom #class #constantly #even #gardening

Certainly ordinary language has no claim to be the last word, if there is such a thing. ↗

— J. L. Austin

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I will lobby tirelessly in cooperation with other mayors around the country to insure that federal funding for our recently added police officers continues. ↗

— Alan Autry

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We all think when we’re young that we want excitement and highs and passion. To hell with ordinary.” I smiled and she chuckled. “But when we find ourselves in these adult bodies,” she said. “When we wise up a little, or get slapped in the face by life, we realize we just want all things to be equal.” She put the heels of her hands together near her heart like the Yoga prayer position. “And we want to understand them better. ↗

— Laura Anderson Kurk

#glass-girl #grief #laura-anderson-kurk #meg-kavanagh #relationships

Back in the day, I used to be in the studio recording 20 hours a day. And that was all of the time. I still record a lot of hours, but I don't go as long as I used to. ↗

— Roy Ayers

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The majors, they have to control the distribution, the record outlets, the radio and, in some cases, even the venues. And downloading and pirating have also put pressure on the majors. ↗

— Roy Ayers

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Some kinds of nails, such as those used for defending the soles of coarse shoes, called hobnails, require a particular form of the head, which is made by the stroke of a die. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#coarse #defending #die #form #head

A man needs to look, not down, but up to standards set so much above his ordinary self as to make him feel that he is himself spiritually the underdog. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

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