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I'm swanning round the world looking at the most fabulously interesting things. Such good fortune. — David Attenborough
Once a novel gets going and I know it is viable, I don't then worry about plot or themes. These things will come in almost… — Chinua Achebe
The climate, the economic situation, rising birth rates; none of these things give me a lot of hope or reason to be optimistic. — David Attenborough
It's extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. The things that people always go on about is, 'tell us about us', 'tell us about the first… — David Attenborough
We really need to kick the carbon habit and stop making our energy from burning things. Climate change is also really important. You can wreck… — David Attenborough
Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences after all but they were the consequences to things you… — Margaret Atwood
I've had trouble now and again in Nigeria because I have spoken up about the mistreatment of factions in the country because of difference in… — Chinua Achebe
Science fiction is filled with Martians and space travel to other planets, and things like that. — Margaret Atwood
Science fiction, to me, has not only things that wouldn't happen, but other planets. — Margaret Atwood
Science is a tool, and we invent tools to do things we want. It's a question of how those tools are used by people. — Margaret Atwood
When I was 16, I started publishing all kinds of things in school magazines. — Margaret Atwood
When things are really dismal, you can laugh, or you can cave in completely. — Margaret Atwood
I grew up in the north woods of Canada. You had to know certain things about survival. Wilderness survival courses weren't very formalized when I… — Margaret Atwood
There are two types of people in the world: people who are passionate about things, and people who've had their passion punched, beaten, or whatever… — Kevyn Aucoin
Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart. — Marcus Aurelius
Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you… — Marcus Aurelius
What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native seat. — Marcus Aurelius
Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as… — Marcus Aurelius
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to… — Jane Austen
Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable. — Jane Austen

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