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Trust not too much to appearances.

A hundred times one hundred metres. Every time he splits in over twelve seconds, I add another hundred. It's the only way that he'll learn.

If you're a horse, and someone gets on you, and falls off, and then gets right back on you, I think you should buck him off right away.

Here is a dude on a mission to rescue a few tens hundreds thousands millions of starfish in one morning alone. Some might suggest that such peregrination is a fruitless exercise, but Henry says " NO! " If it is good enough for a few dozen whales, we can spend the day tossing stiff and lifeless starfishies back into the sea. A pelagic panacea? Perhaps. But, like the boy with the barrow, the job was in front of us.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

"Must... get... baby..." Urgghhhh... "Must... get... baby..." Arghhhh... "Just a... little... bit... further..." It must be very frustrating when you are beginning to understand the fundamentals of crawling, but you're just not quite there. Even moreso when you finally manage to get your hand on it an an anti-social toddler snatches the prize at the very final second. One day he shall have his revenge. One day...