Quote by David Attenborough
Television of course actually started in Britain in 1936, and it w

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

Other quotes by David Attenborough

People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an amazement and a pleasure. – David Attenborough

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amazing
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People talk about doom-laden scenarios happening in the future: they are happening in Africa now. You can see it perfectly clearly. Periodic famines are due to too many people living on land that cant sustain them. – David Attenborough

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Future
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Life in general has never been even close to fair, so the pretense that the government can make it fair is a valuable and inexhaustible asset to politicians who want to expand government. – Thomas Sowell

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Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will be provided for by this wisdom. – Jimmy Carter

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We should have been there shoulder to shoulder with our allies. Our concern is the instability of our government as an ally. We are playing again with national and global security matters. – Stephen Harper

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Ive been in and out of Wall Street since 1949, and Ive never seen the type of animosity between government and Wall Street. And Im not sure where it comes from, but I suspect its got to do with a general schism in this society which is really becoming ever more destructive. – Alan Greenspan

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Government

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Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique. – Henry Louis Gates

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You got to fight for quality art and equality and all the things that were fighting for, the things we believe in. Choice and preference and all those things that we support. We dont want to give up that fight. You got to keep doing it. – Christopher Cross

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Charm is more than beauty. – Yiddish Proverb

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No, but Ive always felt that with true talent, and a commitment to hard work, it is possible to achieve an enduring respect and appreciation. In other words, I dont take my fans for granted. – John Fogerty

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