"There is no first world and third world. There is only one world, for all of us to live and delight in."

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Source : Introduction by Gerald Durrell to Lee McGeorge Durrell's book "State of the Ark", 1986.

Gerald Durrell

#Delight Quotes #World Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“I shall not return to Constantinople until I have conquered Egypt!”

Source : "On Secret Service East of Constantinople". Book by Peter Hopkirk, p. 77, 2001.
“Sacred cows make the best hamburger.”
“Everyone knew that democracy-direct rule by all the people-required such spartan, sel denying virtue on the part of all the people that it was likely to survive only where poverty made upright behavior necessary for the perpetuation of the race.”
“First one must change. I first watch myself, check myself, then expect changes from others.”
“Brigham Young had 47 children, and over 50 women as wives.”
“I spent my whole single life trying to be thin just to find someone who'd love me once I got fat.”
“Dialogue cannot exist, however, in the absence of a profound love for the world and its people.”
“I don't feel sorry for myself.”

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