"There's no point bleating about the future of pandas, polar bears and tigers when we're not addressing the one single factor that's putting more pressure on the ecosystem than any other, namely the ever-increasing size of the world's population"

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Source : "TV host Chris Packham: My really wild idea to tax all kids". Daily Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. April 5, 2011.

Chris Packham

#Ecosystems Quotes #Pressure Quotes #Bears Quotes

“I began writing 'Matterhorn' in 1975 and for more than 30 years I kept working on my novel in my spare time, unable to get an agent or publisher to even read the manuscript.”
“Experiencing this pain in my muscles and aching and going on and on is my challenge. The last three or four reps is what makes the muscles grow. This area of pain divides a champion from someone who is not a champion. That's what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens. I have no fear of fainting. I do squats until I fall over and pass out. So what? It's not going to kill me. I wake up five minutes later and I'm OK. A lot of other athletes are afraid of this. So they don't pass out. They don't go on.”
“Structurally I don't see a fundamental difference between what we may reasonably expect of police and doctors - though obviously the fact that doctors are generally pursuing life-saving activities and police may be engaged in life-threatening activities may lead to differences in how we construe the moral limits to their roles.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“One day I decided to move towards documentaries or to move to more directing in documentaries at this point in my career. Why documentaries? I also love fiction. I would love to direct a fiction movie as well. But I think where I come from, reality is so interesting and has in it so many good stories to tell, this is why I'm doing that. I'm enjoying that.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“When it's your chance to step up to the plate, just hit it out of the park, and everybody will forget about everything that came before.”
“You can tell you ate too much for Thanksgiving when you have to let your bathrobe out.”
“You are putting on paper, in print, what you sense and feel in your mind.”
“Great peace is found in little busy-ness.”

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