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“Now celebrities are not ordinary people,” says Clement. “The world treats them differently and, therefore, they react differently.”

— Elizabeth J. Rosenthal Birdwatcher: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson (2008)

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“I had always thought that accidents happened to other people. From now on I will fasten my seat belt,” he (Roger Tory Peterson) said.

Birdwatcher: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson (2008)

I believe that no mutiny ever got in under way unless there had been some shortcoming in the behavior of the captain.

Birdwatcher: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson (2008)

DDT anywhere is DDT everywhere.

Birdwatcher: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson (2008)

“I don’t think Roger…was particularly religious in a Bible, church way,” says Lasley. “His religion was life. Nature.”

Birdwatcher: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson (2008)

In 1941 he (Roger Tory Peterson) seems to predict battles to come when he wrote: “Spraying kills the insects, but the effects are temporary. In short, we must choose between the two: to have some insects and some birds, or to spray and have no insects and no birds.”

Birdwatcher: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson (2008)

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