"the African leopard is an audacious animal, although it is ungrateful of me to say a word against him, after the way he has let me off personally ... taken as a whole, he is the most lovely animal I have ever seen; only seeing him, in the one way you can gain a full idea of his beauty, namely in his native forest, is not an unmixed joy to a person, like myself, of a nervous disposition."

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Source : Mary Kingsley (2010). “Travels in West Africa, Congo Français, Corisco and Cameroons”, p.543, Cambridge University Press

Mary Kingsley

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“Self-awareness involves deep personal honesty. It comes from asking and answering hard questions.”

Source : Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1995). “First Things First”, p.145, Simon and Schuster
“Ballet is ultimately a logical technique; it favors the shortest, most efficient route from one position into another. This factor gives an aesthetic clarity to all motions.”

Source : Anna Paskevska, Chair of the Dance Department Anna Paskevska (2005). “Ballet Beyond Tradition”, p.50, Routledge
“I keep mementos from everything I've done.”

Source : "Q&A – Jared Harris (Lane Pryce)". Interview with Brian Fegter, www.amc.com. April 2012.
“Nothing shapes your life more than the commitments you choose to make.”
“There can be no causeless love or any sort of causeless emotion. An emotion is a response to a fact of reality, an estimate dictated by your standards.”
“I just feel that getting out there physically and protecting New York, putting my arms around everyone and protecting them... to see this happen to our city and our community.”
“The more an object is polished or brilliant, the less you see its own color and the more it becomes a mirror reflecting the color of its surroundings.”
“My only ambition when I came to Hollywood was to pay my rent.”

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