Quote by David Attenborough
In the old days... it was a basic, cardinal fact that producers di

In the old days… it was a basic, cardinal fact that producers didnt have opinions. When I was producing natural history programmes, I didnt use them as vehicles for my own opinion. They were factual programmes. – David Attenborough

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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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History
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Steve Irwin did wonderful conservation work but I was uncomfortable about some of his stunts. Even if animals arent aware that you are not treating them with respect, the viewers are. – David Attenborough

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respect
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Television of course actually started in Britain in 1936, and it was a monopoly, and there was only one broadcaster and it operated on a license which is not the same as a government grant. – David Attenborough

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Revolutions are the locomotives of history. – Karl Marx

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Nigeria has had a complicated colonial history. My work has examined that part of our story extensively. – Chinua Achebe

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History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes. – Paul Eldridge, Maxims for a Modern Man

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History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. – Edward Gibbon

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Respect for the truth is an acquired taste. – Mark Van Doren, Liberal Education, 1943

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You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. – Albert Camus

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I never drank except a couple sips of wine at Thanksgiving. – Carol Alt

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There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he be willing to climb himself. – Andrew Carnegie

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