Robert Pyle quotes
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“But make no mistake: the weeds will win: nature bats last.”
-- Robert PyleSource : Robert Michael Pyle (1986). “Wintergreen: Rambles in a Ravaged Land”, Scribner
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“Along with rising and falling water, winter is the province of wind. When the sea-breath and mountain-roar bend the hemlocks of these hills, the birds hang on as best they can.”
-- Robert PyleSource : Robert Michael Pyle (2007). “Sky Time in Gray's River: Living for Keeps in a Forgotten Place”, p.204, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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“What is the extinction of a condor to a child who has never seen a wren?”
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“You can see that there is scarcely an observable fact unworthy of mention in your notes, and yet you could easily spend more time scribbling than watching, and that would defeat the purpose. So be selective, don't be compulsive, and enjoy your note-taking.”
-- Robert PyleSource : Robert Michael Pyle, Roger Tory Peterson Institute (1992). “Handbook for Butterfly Watchers”, p.93, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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“Late to bed and late to wake will keep you long on money and short on mistakes.”
Source : "The Boondocks". Comic Strip by Aaron McGruder, July 10, 2001.
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Source : Source: www.usatoday.com
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“Winning has a joy and discrete purity to it that cannot be replaced by anything else.”
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“I feel very competitive with Robert Morse off-set. We often duke it out. He always wins.”
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Source : "Soon to be a Major Motion Picture". Book by Abbie Hoffman, p. 297, 1980.
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