Richard Preston Quotes
If you want to survive Ebola, you need to be young. If you're in your late 30s, the death rate is about 80 percent, and if you're over 45, then the death rate goes up to about 90 percent.
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As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares.
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I love doing the dishes... not for the act of cleaning but because I get to put my headphones in, listen to music, and ignore the world for an hour, and it's totally acceptable because I'm cleaning.
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I love how easy it is to run my business, Writing Workshops Los Angeles, with the help of email and my website. I love that I don't have to use cuneiform, a quill, or a typewriter to write my novels - I love to write on my laptop!
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I'm not a very gregarious person. I can't bear attention being called to me in a public place, which is ridiculous in a business that pays you to be noticed.
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I'm not a comedienne. I'm an actress.
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Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.
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The powerlessness of the child is often forgotten. And after it comes the terrifying phase of moving into adulthood.
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I just want to have fun.
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The music industry is so easy compared to the ballet world.
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I do pop, so pop is very broad. It could be anything from the Weeknd to Taylor Swift to Beyonce to whatever is on the radio, basically.
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I saw Bitcoin as an actual market opportunity: as a trillion-dollar marketplace with long-term potential.
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I don't want to make music that is hot now; I want to make music that is hot forever.
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All these people who scream about Kashmir being an armed camp are in fact responsible for keeping it that way.
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The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
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My parents were incredibly inclusive.
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Anti-New Deal rhetoric has never disappeared from American political life.
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I'm comfortable and confident about the future.
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I believe that what we call beautiful is generally a by-product.
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When I'm writing, I mean what I'm saying - there's a lot of me in each song.
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I'm also good at meditation. It involves doing nothing and everything at the same time.
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We have to worry about protecting the Constitution.
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I'm single, which is good because I can concentrate the hell out of my performances. At some point, I'm going to want to find someone to chill out with at the end of the night and talk about things.
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It's the old proverb: 'It is better to give than to receive.' Without knowing it, I had brought along all I needed to survive.
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If you want to survive Ebola, you need to be young. If you're in your late 30s, the death rate is about 80 percent, and if you're over 45, then the death rate goes up to about 90 percent.
