"I consider myself to have been the bridge between the shotgun and the binoculars in bird watching. Before I came along, the primary way to observe birds was to shoot them and stuff them."
-Roger Tory Peterson
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"Birds have wings they're free they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy.“
-Roger Tory Peterson
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"Not all is doom and gloom. We are beginning to understand the natural world and are gaining a reverence for life - all life."
-Roger Tory Peterson
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"Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we'll soon be in trouble."
-Roger Tory Peterson
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"I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
-Marilyn Monroe
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"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
-Robert Frost
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"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved."
-George Sand
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"The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature."
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"I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image."
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"The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing."
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"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing."
-Helen Keller
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