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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Condition and guts take over where knowledge and skill end.
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Working on The West Wing was similar in many ways to my experience on M*A*S*H, because you had people willing to work late at night to get it just right.
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I doubt not then but innocence shall makeFalse accusation blush, and tyrannyTremble at patience.
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Food does not rank high on my list. I eat to live, and I'm very particular about my diet. It's strictly low fat diet for me.
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My great-grandfather started in the coal mines, and my great grandmother made 10 pounds of bread every Saturday morning that we delivered to the neighbors. It was always about giving back. These kinds of things drive me to make a difference.
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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.
