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Fundamentally not to waste energy. If we were all to reduce our demands for energy, it would make an enormous amount of difference.
David Attenborough
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David Attenborough
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: May 8
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The reverse side of the coin in having this extraordinary ability to go anywhere, is that no one anywhere is remote any more.
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Well, I'm having a good time. Which makes me feel guilty too. How very English.
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No one will protect what they don't care about, and no one will care about what they have never experienced.
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The World is full of wonders, but they become more Wonderful, not less Wonderful when Science looks at them.
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