Richard Preston Quotes

I think we sometimes give ourselves a little too much credit as humans, as being able to control and understand nature, when in fact we do neither.

Richard Preston

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NatureControlThinkCreditToo Much

My dad, Bob Blum, used to dash across Grand Central's main terminal catwalk several times daily as a young CBS correspondent, running copy from newsroom to studio and back - because CBS' first broadcasts were from Grand Central Terminal. The pictures on people's television sets used to shake when the trains came in!

Jenna Blum

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I have very strong views on TV. There's no diversity, there's no choice. Things are decided by committee.

John Lloyd

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We have to remember that no matter how much hardship we go through in our life, there is always going to be that fragile place in our heart.

Angie Martinez

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As you get older, you kind of take on things and become kind of different than what you used to be as a kid, obviously.

Michael Angarano

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I don't really like hedging. To me, if something needs to be hedged, you shouldn't have a position in it.

Stanley Druckenmiller

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And the input that we always got from Deadheads, at the moment of making the music, was always a factor.

Phil Lesh

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Disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, floods, oil spills and radioactive fallout cause massive death of people, pigs, bats and birds. These disasters also impact the immune health of survivors. All harbor viruses.

Paul Stamets

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Most every young man either takes inspiration from his father or wishes he could. I was fortunate in that I could.

Sheldon Whitehouse

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If I were to give advice to someone that just started a band and how to get someone's attention, you've gotta have a central hub. For us, it was Columbus, Ohio.

Tyler Joseph

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Baseball life is a tough life on the family.

Nolan Ryan

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There is one good thing about Marx: he was not a Keynesian.

Murray Rothbard

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But the only comparison that I want to Lenny Bruce is that I'm funny. I'm Freddie Prinze, Puerto Rican all the way.

Freddie Prinze

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