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| THE BIG CATS |
| Beautiful, sleek and graceful, the big cats have always fascinated me. They're among the most photogenic of all of the earth's creatures and my web search has produced some wonderful examples. Some of the pictures are large, so the page may take some time to load. Enjoy! Nancy |
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| Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it. -- Confucius We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts. -- William Hazlitt Those who find beauty in all of nature will find themselves at one with the secrets of life itself. -- L. W. Gilbert |
| Animals give me more pleasure through the viewfinder of a camera than they ever did in the crosshairs of a gun sight. And after I've finished "shooting," my unharmed victims are still around for others to enjoy. I have developed a deep respect for animals. I consider them fellow living creatures with certain rights that should not be violated any more than those of humans. -- Jimmy Stewart |
| There is a beauty, a synergy, an interconnectedness, an absolute overpowering aspect to the natural world, which I think leads you to the divine. -- Peter Garrett |
| An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language. All animals, except man, know that the ultimate of life is to enjoy it. -- (both) Martin Buber |
| Except for children, few of us spend time wondering why nature is the way it is. -- Carl Sagan |
| Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| When a man wants to murder a tiger, it's called sport; when the tiger wants to murder him, it's called ferocity. -- George Bernard Shaw |
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| Music: The Lion Sleeps Tonight Friday's Journal The Past Whispers-Home Old New Orleans |
| Beauty, in its supreme development, invariably moves the sensitive soul to tears. -- Edgar Allan Poe |
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