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"An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment."
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"He wants to see, he wants to know, only to see and know. I'm aware that it is this mentality, this curiosity, which is responsible for the hydrogen bomb and the imminent demise of civilization and that we would all be better off if we were still at the stone-worshipping stage. Though surely it is not this affable inquisitiveness that should be blamed."
"Why does anybody do anything?" Mimi asked impatiently. "Most of the time we don't know--any of us."
"But here is the thing about the stars and all of it's faults: We don't understand everything about it, but we still love it's beauty and wonder. We know of all the dangers, but we would still go there just because we wanted to touch the stars."
"He had to give humans credit where it was due - they did seem to have a knack for building interesting places for cats to explore."
"Cats like keyboards, people like to explore and to discover new mysteries."
"The courage to ask question is the willingness to know."
"I wonder. Of course maybe that isn't what they figure to do. Maybe they aren't going to do any such thing. But it's natural that's what they would do and I heard that word."
"Being curious is the most important part of being a journalist. It might be the most important part of being anything."
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"I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within three hours of arrival."
"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."
"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."
"All we can hope for is that the thing is going to slowly and imperceptibly shift. All I can say is that 50 years ago there were no such thing as environmental policies."
"Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics and in our politics."
"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."
"You know, it is a terrible thing to appear on television, because people think that you actually know what you're talking about."
"I'm absolutely strict about it. When I land, I put my watch right, and I don't care what I feel like, I will go to bed at half past eleven. If that means going to bed early or late, that's what I live by. As soon as you get there, live by that time."
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