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David Attenborough
David Attenborough
British Journalist
Born: May 8, 1926
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I like animals. I like natural history. The travel bit is not the important bit. The travel bit is what you have to do in order to go and look at animals. David Attenborough
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In the old days... it was a basic, cardinal fact that producers didn't have opinions. When I was producing natural history programmes, I didn't use them as vehicles for my own opinion. They were factual programmes. David Attenborough
History Natural Old Own Programmes My Own Fact Factual Vehicles Days Opinion Opinions Were Old Days Natural History Them Producers Producing Use Basic Cardinal
Television of course actually started in Britain in 1936, and it was a monopoly, and there was only one broadcaster and it operated on a license which is not the same as a government grant. David Attenborough
Government Monopoly Broadcaster Television License Only Operated Course Same Which Grant Actually Started Britain
It was regarded as a responsibility of the BBC to provide programs which have a broad spectrum of interest, and if there was a hole in that spectrum, then the BBC would fill it. David Attenborough
Responsibility Programs Broad Would Provide Regarded Hole Which Interest Then Fill Spectrum
People talk about doom-laden scenarios happening in the future: they are happening in Africa now. You can see it perfectly clearly. Periodic famines are due to too many people living on land that can't sustain them. David Attenborough
Future You People Too Many People Living Too See About Scenarios Perfectly Clearly Talk Periodic Due Africa Sustain Happening Them Land Many Now
The process of making natural history films is to try to prevent the animal knowing you are there, so you get glimpses of a non-human world, and that is a transporting thing. David Attenborough
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Nature isn't positive in that way. It doesn't aim itself at you. It's not being unkind to you. David Attenborough
Positive Nature You Unkind Aim Way Itself Being
We keep putting on programmes about famine in Ethiopia; that's what's happening. Too many people there. They can't support themselves - and it's not an inhuman thing to say. It's the case. Until humanity manages to sort itself out and get a coordinated view about the planet it's going to get worse and worse. David Attenborough
Humanity People Too Many People Programmes Too Worse Say Out About Case Support Putting Until Sort Itself Get Going Famine Happening Themselves Planet Ethiopia View Inhuman Many Keep Coordinated Thing
I've been bitten by a python. Not a very big one. I was being silly, saying: 'Oh, it's not poisonous...' Then, wallop! But you have fear around animals. David Attenborough
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We are not overpopulated in an absolute sense; we've got the technology for 10 billion, probably 15 billion people, to live on this planet and live good lives. What we haven't done is developed our technology. David Attenborough
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If I can make programmes when I'm 95, that would be fine. But I would think I'll have had enough by then. David Attenborough
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I believe the Abominable Snowman may be real. I think there may be something in that. David Attenborough
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