George Bentham I first began to dry specimens for preservation carelessly perhaps at first, but before the season was over, I had collected between one and two hundred species. – George Bentham Carelessly Quotes Collected Quotes Dry Quotes Preservation Quotes Season Quotes Species Quotes Specimens Quotes I decided that my means were sufficient to enable me to devote myself to botany, a determination which I never, during the long period of my subsequent career, had on any occasion any reason to repent of.
Cherie Lunghi I really enjoyed staying at an encampment at the top of a hill in the Samburu Reserve in Kenya. You reach it on a small plane; there is no electricity, no city noises and you sleep and shower under the Milky Way, with moths fluttering around a kerosene lamp, knowing that there are elephants and lions roaming free in the valley. – Cherie Lunghi
Catherine Tresa I always liked performing. I learnt to sing, play the piano and dance. I was good at academics too but I was interested in extra-curricular activities. My parents encouraged me. – Catherine Tresa
Paul Robeson The other reason that I am here today, again from the State Department and from the court record of the court of appeals, is that when I am abroad I speak out against the injustices against the Negro people of this land. – Paul Robeson
John Morton The history of trying to start a daily where there already is one is that it has never worked. – John Morton
Robert Jarvik Our ad campaign with Pfizer is educational. Lipitor is the most widely prescribed drug in the country. For every prescription, there is a doctor writing it. It’s a huge vote of confidence. – Robert Jarvik
Jane Green A friend of mine suddenly announced she had written a novel and got a publishing deal; I thought, ‘Hang on… if she can do it, I can bloody well do it, too.’ That novel went to a bidding war, and went on to be a huge best-seller. – Jane Green
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