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" I learned the way a monkey learns - by watching its parents. "

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" The whole of nature cries out at our mistreatment of her. If the planet were a patient, we would have treated her long ago. "

" We need to be realistic. There is very little we can do now to stop the ice from disappearing from the North Pole in the summer. And we probably cannot prevent the melting of the permafrost and the resulting release of methane. In addition, I fear that we may be too late to help the oceans maintain their ability to absorb carbon dioxide. "

" We might be more inclined to think about the longer term if we were more aware of what is happening around us. Perhaps daily weather forecasts could include a few basic facts about the Earth's vital signs or details of where climate change is increasing the likelihood of damaging weather? "

" It's always nice to have somebody on your side. "

" Congratulations to 'Countdown' - it was an evening I will never forget - and a special thank you to Molly Meldrum. "

" All my life, people have been telling me what to do. I'm tired of it. My private life has become an industry. "

" It's always marvelous to have somebody who, you know, you feel understands and wants to encourage. "

" I have for some time now been deeply troubled by the growing difficulties faced by Christian communities in various parts of the Middle East. It seems to me that we cannot ignore the fact that Christians in the Middle East are increasingly being deliberately targeted by fundamentalist Islamist militants. "

" It is baffling, I must say, that in our modern world we have such blind trust in science and technology that we all accept what science tells us about everything - until, that is, it comes to climate science. "

" The medieval Islamic world, from Central Asia to the shores of the Atlantic, was a world where scholars and men of learning flourished. But because we have tended to see Islam as the enemy of the West, as an alien culture, society, and system of belief, we have tended to ignore or erase its great relevance to our own history. "

" Do you seriously expect me to be the first Prince of Wales in history not to have a mistress? "

" The whole imposing edifice of modern medicine is like the celebrated tower of Pisa - slightly off balance. "

" I find myself born into this particular position. I'm determined to make the most of it and to do whatever I can to help. And I hope I leave things behind a little bit better than I found them. "

" I'd rather go by bus. "

" We're busily wrecking the chances for future generations at a rapid rate of knots by not recognizing the damage we're doing to the natural environment, bearing in mind that this is the only planet that we know has any life on it. "

" We would never comment on private correspondence. "

" The whole of the 20th century has always put the car at the center. So by putting the pedestrian first, you create these livable places, I think, with more attraction and interest and character. "

" There's nothing like a jolly good disaster to get people to start doing something. "

" Something as curious as the monarchy won't survive unless you take account of people's attitudes. After all, if people don't want it, they won't have it. "

" Women are not automatically second-class citizens because they live in Islamic countries. We cannot judge the position of women in Islam aright if we take the most conservative Islamic states as representative of the whole. "

" As human beings, we suffer from an innate tendency to jump to conclusions, to judge people too quickly, and to pronounce them failures or heroes without due consideration. "

" I think I can safely say that, as adolescents, most people have excess energy to spare and need adventure, excitement, and a challenge. "

" I believe passionately that everyone has a particular God-given ability. "

" For me, Lord Mountbatten represented the grandfather I never had. "

" Father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours, I must look her straight in the eyes. "

" You don't want to see me all the time. You get bored. "

" Perhaps it has been too uncomfortable for those with vested interests to acknowledge, but we have spent the best part of the past century enthusiastically testing the world to utter destruction; not looking closely enough at the long-term impact our actions will have. "

" The mistake is to think that clever technology can solve everything, but it can't solve our relationship with nature, which is where I think it's gone wrong in that we have somehow abandoned our proper connection with nature. "

" Your greatest achievement is to love me. "

" That's called a microphone. It's a big sausage that picks up everything you say - and you're starting early. "