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In the modern media age we are rarely surprised by what we see. Whether it's on television or film or in the theatre, everything is so advertised, so trailed, that most entertainment is merely what you thought it was going to be like. ↗

— Rowan Atkinson

#age #entertainment #everything #film #going

As far as I'm concerned, if there is a supreme being then He chose organic evolution as a way of bringing into existence the natural world... which doesn't seem to me to be necessarily blasphemous at all. ↗

— David Attenborough

#being #bringing #chose #concerned #evolution

I've been to Nepal, but I'd like to go to Tibet. It must be a wonderful place to go. I don't think there's anything there, but it would be a nice place to visit. ↗

— David Attenborough

#been #go #i #like #must

I don't run a car, have never run a car. I could say that this is because I have this extremely tender environmentalist conscience, but the fact is I hate driving. ↗

— David Attenborough

#car #conscience #could #driving #environmentalist

I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was secure. I didn't have to promote myself. These days there's far more pressure to make a mark, so the temptation is to make adventure television or personality shows. I hope the more didactic approach won't be lost. ↗

— David Attenborough

#adventure #ago #approach #days #didactic

I like animals. I like natural history. The travel bit is not the important bit. The travel bit is what you have to do in order to go and look at animals. ↗

— David Attenborough

#go #history #i #important #like

If my grandchildren were to look at me and say, 'You were aware species were disappearing and you did nothing, you said nothing', that I think is culpable. I don't know how much more they expect me to be doing, I'd better ask them. ↗

— David Attenborough

#aware #better #did #disappearing #doing

You can only get really unpopular decisions through if the electorate is convinced of the value of the environment. That's what natural history programmes should be for. ↗

— David Attenborough

#decisions #electorate #environment #get #history

You know, it is a terrible thing to appear on television, because people think that you actually know what you're talking about. ↗

— David Attenborough

#actually #appear #because #know #people

Immigration in America is a highly polarized issue and there are passionate views on both sides. ↗

— Spencer Bachus

#both #both sides #highly #immigration #issue