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John Hersey Quotes

It's a failure of national vision when you regard children as weapons, and talents as materials you can mine, assay, and fabricate for profit and defense.

John Hersey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: June 17, 1914 - March 24, 1993

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Failure Children Vision You Profit

Be curious enough to keep an open mind to what's happening around you in society. You can look at yourself and the world at the same time.

Jochen Zeitz

Time Yourself Curious Mind World

I want to again highlight the desperate need for us to pull together - the world over - to tackle knife crime and teach everyone how sacred a life is.

Jermain Defoe

Life Together World Want Knife Need

I'm quite cautious in most areas of my life, but I'm always happy to gamble when it comes to acting. I'm not frightened of falling on my face.

Maxine Peake

Life Happy Face My Life Acting Most

The idea that UN commitments should be followed by action is indeed a radical one, especially for the United States, where wilful neglect of its own commitments is the rule.

Jeffrey Sachs

Action Own Where Rule Idea Radical

I suppose I'm happy to sell my time and energy, but I'm not happy to sell my initial creative time.

Amanda Palmer

Time Creative Happy Energy Sell

Hezbollah's contempt for human suffering is total, as it showed once again this morning when its rockets murdered two Israeli Arab children in Nazareth.

Tom Lantos

Morning Children Suffering Human Two

I didn't know my mother was an actress until I was eight and she went back to work. At an even younger age than that, I'd wanted to be an actress, so when I saw her, I clearly remember thinking, 'This is a strange coincidence.'

Ruth Bradley

Work Mother Age Thinking Remember

I don't want to be doing a job where I'm not doing a job, just sitting around in my flat just bored.

Michael Socha

Job Doing Want Sitting Bored Where

I can't do anything I want to. I mean, I can't have my own TV show. I can't have my own movie. But within my little world, nobody tells me what to put on the albums.

Lou Reed

Me World Nobody Want My Own Mean

Sarcasm is lost in print.

Jon Cryer

Sarcasm Lost Print In Print

One of the greatest moments of my career was on the road promoting 'Superbad' with Michael Cera and Chris Mintz-Plasse. We were showing the movie at colleges.

Jonah Hill

Road Moments Career Greatest Movie

It's a very short walk to go from making jokes to getting on a soapbox and going on a diatribe.

Wyatt Cenac

Walk Short Go Jokes Going Making