Steve Irwin Quotes - Page 2

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• When the East Timor conflict broke out, when they gained independence, the militia killed a lot of East Timorese people. And their sacred totem is the crocodile. They believe that their island is actually a solidified crocodile, so it has sacred status.

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  Believe, Islands, People

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• Every cent we earn from Crocodile Hunter goes straight back into conservation. Every single cent.

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  Hunters, Conservation, Crocs

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• I believe sustainable use is the greatest propaganda in wildlife conservation at the moment.

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  Future, Believe, Apex Predators

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• Where I live if someone gives you a hug it's from the heart. I've had these blokes in Hollywood hug me trying to make out I'm their friend and as soon as I turn their back they take out a big bunch of knives and stab me in the back. I feel sorry for these people because they are so shallow.

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  Sorry, Heart, Knives

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• I think my path would have always gone back to or delivered me to wildlife. I think wildlife is just like a magnet, and it's something that I can't help.

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  Thinking, Environmental, Gone

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• Yeah, for some reason parrots have to bite me. That's their job. I don't know why that is. They've nearly torn my nose off. I've had some really bad parrot bites.

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  Jobs, Noses, Reason

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• No matter where you go and what you do in America, you turn the tele on and you're confronted with violence.

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  America, Violence, Matter

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• I get called an adrenaline junkie every other minute, and I'm just fine with that.

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  Apex Predators, Minutes, Crocodiles

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• We humans still have a long way to go with learning to live harmoniously with our environment and its wildlife.

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  Long, Way, Wildlife

  Steve Irwin, Terri Irwin (2002). “The Crocodile Hunter: The Incredible Life and Adventures of Steve and Terri Irwin”, p.212, Penguin

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• I have a deep-seated respect for parrots. As gifted as I am with all other wildlife, parrots have this uncanny desire to kill me. I'm not sure why, but they're like my kryptonite!

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  Kryptonite, Desire, Wildlife

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• Herein lies our problem. If we level that much land to grow rice and whatever, then no other animal could live there except for some insect pest species. Which is very unfortunate.

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  Lying, Animal, Land

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• I was born and raised with crocodiles; they are a piece of cake. But kids are so ... unpredictable.

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  Kids, Cake, Pieces

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• So, my tactic with conservation of apex predators is to get people excited and take them to where they live.

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  People, Tactics, Predator

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• I am optimistic globally. So many scientists are working frantically on the reparation of our planet. Unfortunately there are countries who are still destroying it, but we really hope the conservation message rubs off in our film. Every cent we earn from Crocodile Hunter goes straight back into conservation. Every single cent.

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  Country, Optimistic, Environmental

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• I would sooner die of a taipan bite then tell my dad that I got bitten by a taipan. Because my nose would bleed from his kicking my ass.

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  Dad, Kicking, Noses

  Source: www.reptilesmagazine.com

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• See, I've always seen Jacques Cousteau as a hero, mate. He's a legend - like my dad, just a legend. And so what he did for conservation in the '60s through the '70s was just phenomenal.

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  Dad, Hero, Jacques Cousteau

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• The first crocodile I ever caught was at nine years of age, and it was a rescue.

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  Years, Age, Nine

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• You know, you can touch a stick of dynamite, but if you touch a venomous snake it'll turn around and bite you and kill you so fast it's not even funny.

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  Snakes, Sticks, Crocodiles

  "Interview with Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin -- Part 5: Don't Try This at Home". Interview with Sarah Simpson, www.scientificamerican.com. March 26, 2001.

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• My dad taught me from my youngest childhood memories through these connections with Aboriginal and tribal people that you must always protect people's sacred status, regardless of the pest.

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  Memories, Dad, People

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• Statistically there's only one crocodile-related human fatality per year in the whole of Australia.

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  Years, Australia, Crocodiles

  Steve Irwin, Terri Irwin (2002). “The Crocodile Hunter: The Incredible Life and Adventures of Steve and Terri Irwin”, p.221, Penguin

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• You know, I'm Australian, and we have got the worst sense of humor. We are cruel to each other.

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  Humor, Worst, Australian

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• My belief is that what comes across on the television is a capture of my enthusiasm and my passion for wildlife.

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  Passion, Television, Enthusiasm

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• I've probably saved thousands of peoples' lives with my educational message on snake bites, how to get in around venomous anything.

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  Educational, Snakes, Messages

  "Interview with Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin -- Part 5: Don't Try This at Home". Interview with Sarah Simpson, www.scientificamerican.com. March 26, 2001.

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• We've evolved from sitting back on our tripods and shooting wildlife films like they have been shot historically, which doesn't work for us.

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  Shooting, Wildlife, Sitting

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• What television has done is it's given me a stepping stone to get to some other countries and really wild destinations throughout this world, which perhaps I would have had to struggle to get to.

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  Country, Struggle, Done

  Source: www.reptilesmagazine.com

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