Richard Preston Quotes
The problem with Ebola is that it makes mistakes while it copies itself. The mistakes are actually good for Ebola because they help Ebola change, and as a result of this, as it jumps from one human body to the next, roughly half the time, it's got a mutation.
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I suppose it's easy to play a hypocritical politician with a smiling face; it's also quite gratifying to play.
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My neighbors think I do nothing because I don't go to a job, which is fine and good.
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I am really driven, but my drive doesn't effect the conversations I have in my head about life, and my worries and fears and insecurities.
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That is why, as soon as I felt a real attraction for my first passion which was the motorcycle, and in spite of the danger it could represent, they encouraged me.
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The doctrine of original sin claims that all men sinned in Adam; but whether they did or whether it is merely a fact that all men sin does not basically affect the problem of suffering.
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We must look after football and to do what it is necessary to bring to the game the best ethical values and personal behaviour.
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When I'm on vacation here in the States, I can do all kinds of stuff; I can train and keep busy.
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The thing about kids is that they express emotion. They don't hold back. If they want to cry, they cry, and if they are in a good mood, they're in a good mood.
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I'd love to be able to dance like Madhuri Dixit.
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Babyface is definitely a big inspiration.
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I keep guitars that are, you know, the neck's a little bit bent and it's a little bit out of tune. I want to work and battle it and conquer it and make it express whatever attitude I have at that moment. I want it to be a struggle.
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I get ideas for my books from people I know and what happens to them, from places I've been and what happens to me, and from things I read.
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When I was a kid, I wasn't looking at the small-budget films myself. I was looking at 'James Bond' and all the major films, so I still have that energy. I still love those films.
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I have this group of friends that I'll send my scripts to before I send them to a large audience.
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I think we all have had better days in competition.
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I tried working odd jobs that had nothing to do with creating, and it was difficult for me. In the end, I just always loved movies. When I'm making a film, I feel most alive, like I'm doing the right thing, and I'm in the place where I need to be.
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I've been through Hell with some of the members of my old band, and Hell is highly stressful.
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I think the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, first of all, has got to be put into the context of being an American cultural showcase. It's there to be a museum showcase of all that's great about American music.
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As much as we would like to deny it, reading is not vital to human survival.
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My love of nationalism is that my country may become free, and if need be, the whole of the country die, so that the human race may live.
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Making music and art is about expressing something that's universally human, maybe even beyond human, at best.
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The problem with Ebola is that it makes mistakes while it copies itself. The mistakes are actually good for Ebola because they help Ebola change, and as a result of this, as it jumps from one human body to the next, roughly half the time, it's got a mutation.
