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The growth of a naturalist is like the growth of a musician or athlete: excellence for the talented, lifelong enjoyment for the…
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Thirty trillion dollars worth of services, scot-free to humanity, every year.
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Biophilia: the innate pleasure from living abundance and diversity as manifested by the human impulse to imitate Nature with gardens.
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Let us see how high we can fly before the sun melts the wax in our wings. About the ambitious pursuit of…
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Biophilia, if it exists, and I believe it exists, is the innately emotional affiliation of human beings to other living organisms.
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Known as the biosphere to scientists and as the creation to theologians, all of life together consists of a membrane around earth…
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No one knows the diversity in the world, not even to the nearest order of magnitude. ... We don't know for sure…
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The cutting of primeval forest and other disasters, fueled by the demands of growing human populations, are the overriding threat to biological…
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The worst thing that will probably happen-in fact is already well underway-is not energy depletion, economic collapse, conventional war, or the expansion…
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Overall, the human brain is the most complex object known in the universe - known, that is, to itself.
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The time has come to link ecology to economic and human development. When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree,…
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[The natural world cleans water, pollinates plants and provides pharmaceuticals, among many other gifts.] Thirty trillion dollars worth of services, scot-free to…
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Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate…
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There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases…
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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
— Joseph Addison
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I've produced a couple of films and really enjoyed starting it from the very beginning and seeing it all the way through…
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I can't imagine there has ever been a more gratifying time or place to be alive than America in the 1950s. No…
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If intellectual curiosity, professional pride, and ambition are the dominant incentives to research, then assuredly no one has a fairer chance of…
— G. H. Hardy
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Now I'm seen by more people in one episode than I was in 20 years of theatre and movies. It's gratifying to…
— William Petersen
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In God We Trust. It is the choicest compliment that has ever been paid us, and the most gratifying to our feelings.…
— Mark Twain
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Forgiveness offers the possibility of two types of peace: peace of mind - the potential healing of old emotional wounds, and peace…
— Unknown Author
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People like Johnny Depp are an exception. He is the current model of what an actor should be. His body of work…
— Dustin Hoffman
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Everyone thinks acting is easy. It's far from easy, but it's the most gratifying thing I do.
— Eli Wallach
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I gave it all that I had, and it's gratifying that others seem to be receiving it so well.
— Debbie Reynolds
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