The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.
John Burroughs Quotes
Some scenes you juggle two balls, some scenes you juggle three balls, some scenes you can juggle five balls. The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That's Acting 101. Then you start putting layers on top of that.
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| Birth: | 3rd April, 1837 |
| Death: | 29th March, 1921 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Essayist, Naturalist |
About
John Burroughs was born near Roxbury, Delaware County, New York, USA. He was an American naturalist and nature essayist who lived and wrote after the manner of Henry David Thoreau, studying and celebrating nature. In his earlier years he worked as a teacher and a farmer and for nine years as a clerk in the Treasury Department. The first of his essay collections was Wake-Robin in 1871. His chief books, including Birds and Poets, Locusts and Wild Honey, Signs and Seasons, and Ways of Nature. He also wrote a volume of poems, Bird and Bough. Other collections of his essays are Time and Change, The Summit of the Years, The Breath of Life, Under the Apple Trees, and Field and Study.
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