John Hersey Quotes
The first stage had been all over before the doctors even knew they were dealing with a new sickness; it was the direct reaction to the bombardment of the body, at the moment when the bomb went off, by neutrons, beta particles, and gamma rays.
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When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.
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What I'm trying to do is save and rescue the country if I can, and I'm doing my best to do it.
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When I went into the Montreal Games, nobody expected much out of me.
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I don't worry about the things I can't change.
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There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.
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I've always had an interest in vampire films - not just 'Nosferatu,' but there are many others that I have enjoyed: Abel Ferrara, Coppola, Neil Jordan.
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I think I'm pretty fearless. I like to try things at least once, things that I never thought that I would try.
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I could sing in English before I could understand it because I phonetically learned it from the musicals.
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The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.
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These days, meals are more open to personal preferences. People like to serve themselves.
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Chief executives, who themselves own few shares of their companies, have no more feeling for the average stockholder than they do for baboons in Africa.
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My mother played the piano and my father the violin, I can remember my dad teaching me how to waltz; I had my feet on his, my mother playing the piano, and my husband will tell you the lessons weren't very successful.
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I'm always weeping at something or other.
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The press like to talk to actors. They mustn't be surprised when actors talk back to them.
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Find the best in everybody. … you might have to wait a long time, sometimes years, but people will show you their good side. Just keep waiting no matter how long it takes. No one is all evil. Everybody has a good side, just keep waiting, it will come out.
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'Power is always a relative concept.'-the illithid Yharaskrik
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The double-sun system was relatively poor in comets; there were only a hundred billion of them.
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In the end, death came uniformly to all, and all extracted as much satisfaction from their dying as this essentially graceless process could afford.
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Only a strong America can guarantee a peaceful world.
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My belief is that we should never become overconfident.
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Non-cooperation intended to pave the way to real honourable and voluntary cooperation based on mutual respect and trust.
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The first stage had been all over before the doctors even knew they were dealing with a new sickness; it was the direct reaction to the bombardment of the body, at the moment when the bomb went off, by neutrons, beta particles, and gamma rays.
