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Saying I was taking a year off to make a documentary seemed easier than saying I was spending a year birdwatching. In this society being a wanker is socially unacceptable. Filming yourself while being a wanker, however, seems perfectly legitimate.

— Sean Dooley The Big Twitch (2005)

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Cool people don’t bother becoming dictators; they’re too busy getting laid.

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I could see the same look of incomprehension on her face that my parents often wore: ‘this person cannot possibly be related to me.’

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The Twitcher’s list is very democratic. Each bird counts as one tick. There are no extra points for beauty or rarity.

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