Quote by David Attenborough
I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was se

I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago – my job was secure. I didnt have to promote myself. These days theres far more pressure to make a mark, so the temptation is to make adventure television or personality shows. I hope the more didactic approach wont be lost. – David Attenborough

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I can mention many moments that were unforgettable and revelatory. But the most single revelatory three minutes was the first time I put on scuba gear and dived on a coral reef. Its just the unbelievable fact that you can move in three dimensions. – David Attenborough

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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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The whole of science, and one is tempted to think the whole of the life of any thinking man, is trying to come to terms with the relationship between yourself and the natural world. Why are you here, and how do you fit in, and whats it all about. – David Attenborough

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When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope theyll remember and be kind to someone else. And itll become like a wildfire. – Whoopi Goldberg

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It took me less than half a lifetime to realize that regret is one of the few guaranteed certainties. Sooner or later everything is touched by it, despite our naive and senseless hope that just this time we will be spared its cold hand on our heart. – Jonathan Carroll

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It is only by not paying ones bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes. – Oscar Wilde

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What greater aspiration and challenge are there for a mother than the hope of raising a great son or daughter? – Rose Kennedy

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