"When I was a child I used to read books by Gerald Durrell, who founded Jersey Zoo. He had a job collecting animals for zoos and for a long time that is what I wanted to do. Later when I was a teenager I had a fantastic English teacher called Mrs. Stafford. Her enthusiasm made me decide to be a writer."

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Melvin Burgess

#Teacher Quotes #Jobs Quotes #Zoos Quotes

“I think the best pictures are often on the edges of any situation, I don't find photographing the situation nearly as interesting as photographing the edges.”
“The obligation d'âme meant that his only allegiance was to Felix, making them a separate kingdom of two, with Felix as king and Mildmay as ministers, army, and populace all combined in one. A stormy little kingdom, I thought, with periodic flare-ups of civil war and a magnificently unstable government. And I was glad I wasn’t a citizen of it.”

Source : Sarah Monette (2008). “The Mirador”, p.80, Penguin
“The best ideas lose their owners and take on lives of their own.”
“I would rather be trampled by thousands of children than touch a spider.”
“The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers.”
“I do not want to die being known for doing baby mama DNA tests on my show.”

Source : "Ricki Lake Delivers Maternal Health Awareness" by Eleanor Goldberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 9, 2011.
“Win with grace, lose with dignity!”

Source : Susan Polgar, Douglas Goldstein (2014). “Rich As A King: How the Wisdom of Chess Can Make You a Grandmaster of Investing”, p.224, Morgan James Publishing
“Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.”

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