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Jim Fowler Quotes & Quotations
Name:
Jim Fowler
Type:
Scientist
Nationality:
American
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    Almost all these hotspots around the world, most have been destroyed to the point where there is no wildlife and very little of the natural world left. Jim-FowlerJim Fowler
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    Along 4 Mile Run, there was a nice woods down in front of the house. I used to run around there. Jim-FowlerJim Fowler
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    But I'll tell you what, there was a lot of farmland between Falls Church and Washington. Jim-FowlerJim Fowler
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    Haiti looks like a bomb hit it. Jim-FowlerJim Fowler
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    How we treat the earth basically effects our social welfare and our national security. Jim-FowlerJim Fowler
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    I always said it was to be dumb enough to do what Marlon Perkins said to do. Jim-FowlerJim Fowler
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    I don't think we're going to save anything if we go around talking about saving plants and animals only; we've got to translate that into what's in it for us. Jim-FowlerJim Fowler
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    I don't want to save a creek for the creek's sake, but what's in it for human beings. Jim-FowlerJim Fowler
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    I had travelled pretty widely around the world even before then, so I knew where to go to film wildlife. Jim-FowlerJim Fowler
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    I have a lot of memories of Falls Church. I went to grade school in Madison Elementary School. Jim-FowlerJim Fowler
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    I remember one of my first jobs, there was an old guy who had a fruit stand, I think it was Seven Corners; I helped him out one summer. Jim-FowlerJim Fowler
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    I was amazed at the house that I grew up in; it looks practically identical to the way it was, but I couldn't recognize it because of the size of the trees. Jim-FowlerJim Fowler
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    I'm a little different from all those conservation types. Jim-FowlerJim Fowler
  • 14
    Johnny Carson started the jokes about me and Marlin in his monologues. Jim-FowlerJim Fowler
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    Marlon was more of a formal zoo director type. Jim-FowlerJim Fowler
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    Most of what you see now emphasizes animals being dangerous to humans. Jim-FowlerJim Fowler
  • 17
    My father being an outdoors person, he used to take us on quite a few adventures thorugh the wild areas down there, introducing us to alligators and rattlesnakes and all the trees and plants. Jim-FowlerJim Fowler
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    Our challenge for the future is that we realize we are very much a part of the earth's ecosystem, and we must learn to respect and live according to the basic biological laws of nature. Jim-FowlerJim Fowler
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    Preserving a river or a creek can bring a lot of revenue. Jim-FowlerJim Fowler
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    That's really the challenge of this century, to develop spokespeople. Jim-FowlerJim Fowler
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    The biggest challenge is how to affect public attitudes and make people care. Jim-Fowler/">Jim Fowler
  • 22
    The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans. Jim-Fowler/">Jim Fowler
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    The most powerful argument of all for saving open space is economics; in most states, tourism is the number two industry. Jim-Fowler/">Jim Fowler
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    The other thing is quality of life; if you have a place where you can go and have a picnic with your family, it doesn't matter if it's a recession or not, you can include that in your quality of life. Jim-Fowler/">Jim Fowler
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    The quicker we humans learn that saving open space and wildlife is critical to our welfare and quality of life, maybe we'll start thinking of doing something about it. Jim-Fowler/">Jim Fowler
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    The Zambesi is a big river; there's no crocodiles on 4 Mile Run. Jim-Fowler/">Jim Fowler
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    Then a neighbor, Mr Smith, had a dairy cow and an couple bulls. He showed me how to bluff a bull. Jim-Fowler/">Jim Fowler
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    There's no country in the world that's more devastated from natural resources than Afghanistan. Jim-Fowler/">Jim Fowler
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    There's no denying that television is one of the most powerful propaganda media we've ever invented. Jim-Fowler/">Jim Fowler
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    What I probably said was that some of the things I learned on Four Mile Run came in handy later on when I was living along the Zambesi. Jim-Fowler/">Jim Fowler