"My first serious project was photographing badgers - very, very difficult as they are shy and nocturnal."

-- Nigel Dennis

#Shy Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Nocturnal Quotes

“The meaning of life cannot be told; it has to happen to a person ... To speak as though it were an objective knowledge, like the date of the war of 1812, misses the point altogether.”
“One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.”
“An agnostic is a doubter. The word is generally applied to those who doubt the verity of accepted religious creeds of faiths.”
“I was studying American politicians who were searching - allegedly - for American communists because it would put them on the front pages of the papers in their home towns.”
“I hope to bring ancient philosophy and new scientific thinking together, to provide a new perspective of nature, especially the relationship between nature and man.”

Source : "Conversation with Liu Dan". Interview with Jane DeBevoise, www.aaa-a.org. March 25, 2010.
“I don't really see how any song can not feel contrived if it isn't honest, and how could I write honest songs if I don't write about stuff going on in my life and how I'm feeling?”
“My heart is too thoroughly dried to be broken in a hurry, and I mean to live as long as I can.”
“There is a difference between grace and mercy. Mercy is the decision of God not to punish us. But grace is the decision of God to save and bless us.”

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