"The zoo cannot but disappoint."

-- John Berger

#Zoos Quotes #Animal Quotes #Disappoint Quotes

“I hate, for example, whenever you hear someone say, 'You have work at being a couple.'”
“Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvelously. Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky. Our ears can still hear the voices of our loved ones.”
“I regret that I've never actually managed to be inspired enough to get into anything else, and I should've been, I really should have been, because the piano can be a wonderful instrument. But I'm afraid that my inspiration is just purely on the words... and it's gonna stay there.”
“It is hardly an exaggeration to say that a chimpanzee kept in solitude is not a real chimpanzee at all.”

Source : "The Mentality of Apes". Book by Wolfgang Kohler (p. 293), 1925.
“Visitation Street is urban opera writ large. Gritty and magical, filled with mystery, poetry and pain, Ivy Pochodaâ€™s voice recalls Richard Price, Junot Diaz, and even Alice Sebold, yet itâ€™s indelibly her own.”
“Western people often see obscenity where there is only symbolism.”
“The first time when you can really get a sense of what the movie is going to look and feel like is when you're in a casting room and seeing it.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“In the midst of the complexities of modern life, with all its pressures, the spirit of man needs to refresh itself by communion with unspoiled nature. In such surroundings- occasional as our visits may be- we can achieve that kind of physical and spiritual renewal that comes alone from the wonder of the natural world.”

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