Richard Preston Quotes

In the course of writing 'First Light,' I climbed all over and through the Hale Telescope, where I found rooms, stairways, tunnels, and abandoned machines leaking oil. My notebooks show tooth-marks where I gripped them with my teeth while climbing around inside the telescope, and the notebooks are stained with Flying Horse telescope oil.

Richard Preston

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They don't like thinking in medical school. They memorize - that's all they want you to do. You must not think.

John Backus

MedicalSchoolThinkThinkingYou

I grew up watching a lot of stuff, like 'Teen Titans.'

Jeremy Shada

TeenWatchingUpLikeStuffTitans

Urban mobility is a massive global challenge. The world needs people to use multiple forms of transport - a mix of biking, walking, and other low-energy forms of transportation.

Jens Martin Skibsted

ChallengePeopleWorldWalkingUrban

The blowback against a bailout of Lehman would have been fierce. It is often forgotten, but the prevailing wisdom the day after Lehman fell was that its collapse was a good thing.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

GoodWisdomDayFierceAgainstBeen

I don't think about second or third place.

Maurice Greene

ThinkPlaceSecondThirdAbout

I certainly knew of 'World of Warcraft'; I had never actually played because I knew that if I started playing, I would never get any work done - because it would just totally absorb me.

Michael A. Stackpole

WorkMeWorldDoneNeverPlaying

If you have a brother or sister, tell them you love them every day - that's the most beautiful thing. I told my sister how much I loved her every day. That's the only reason I'm OK right now.

Amaury Nolasco

LoveBeautifulDayBrotherSister

I ain't a 16-fight novice who has only fought at British title level.

Tony Bellew

LevelBritishOnlyWhoTitleFought

I am convinced that people with such wounds will be quite ready to co-operate in a safe and painless experiment in the interests of humanity as a whole.

Robert Barany

I AmPeopleHumanityReadyWill

There's one race that we have to worry about, and it's the human race.

Michael T. Flynn

WorryRaceHumanHuman RaceAbout

In the entirety of my life, I have never had an eating disorder.

Joyce Giraud

LifeEatingMy LifeNeverDisorder

I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it.

Bob Woodward

MoneyCharityGiveMakeGoes

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