Michael Specter Quotes

Why do people refuse to vaccinate their children against measles or whooping cough? In many cases, because they have never seen measles and have no idea what it might do.

Michael Specter

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The first thing I would like to say is that I don't think folk at Westminster - or for that matter at Holyrood - constitute an elite. They are representatives who are elected and who are at the service of voters who can fire them.

Michael Gove

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I think the international appeal of SF is quite understandable since the kinds of people who like to read it, are, by the nature of the beast, interested in other cultures, of which other nations on Earth are the closest available example.

Stanley Schmidt

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We have learned that precision munitions go precisely where they're targeted to go. We've learned that the introduction of human beings in the equation, who can cause the precision munitions to go precisely where they should go, pays a huge dividend.

Tommy Franks

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Wine is similar to music in that it's a purely experiential realm, and it's a purely subjective practice. That's sort of the funny thing about wine criticism or, for that matter, music criticism. At times, those are useful guides, but ultimately it's all about how you react to that music or wine.

Mike D

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Writers write without support.

Luis Alberto Urrea

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I think I did a good job of compartmentalizing my life. It's crazy to say it, but even if football was this dangerous thing, it was a place where I could focus all my energy. I'm sure it's not the healthiest thing to direct stress from football into football, but that's basically what I did.

Chris Borland

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I've always been told I sound black.

Colm Wilkinson

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I tried to make the Olympics team in 1956.

Bruce Dern

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My mom used to call us 'free range kids,' like free range chickens... We roamed the countryside.

William Moseley

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Predictions of a disappearing political center are a warning of a bleak future that we can avoid only by adhering to our nation's founding principles.

Susan Collins

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T-Mobile U.S.A. is one company that uses fear and intimidation to scare workers away from union representation.

Sharan Burrow

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Ludacris is a very smart individual. He's about his business. Everything is business with him. So I learned a lot about making deals from him.

Two Chainz

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