Richard Preston Quotes

Experiments suggest that if one particle of Ebola enters a person's bloodstream, it can cause a fatal infection. This may explain why many of the medical workers who came down with Ebola couldn't remember making any mistakes that might have exposed them.

Richard Preston

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MistakesMedicalRememberDownWhy

I try hard not to repeat myself and not to do material other people are doing. We transcribe every other late-night show to make sure there's no similarity.

Jimmy Kimmel

MyselfPeopleDoingTryHardRepeat

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.

Jessica Lange

ForgivenessAcceptanceTolerance

I want to develop a small make-up line myself. I want to combine all the things that I love and just create them the way I want them to be.

Jessica Hart

LoveMyselfSmallCreateWantWay

We have gasoline at $2 a gallon. If that doesn't drive demand, I don't know what will.

Jennifer Granholm

DriveKnowWillGasolineDemand

I've lived through a lot of division championships, a lot of final-four appearances, but our goal is further than that. We want to deliver a Super Bowl.

Jeffrey Lurie

GoalSuper BowlWantDivisionLived

I've always been interested in using mathematics to make the world work better.

Alvin E. Roth

WorkMathematicsWorldBetterAlways

As far as playing jazz, no other art form, other than conversation, can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction.

Stan Getz

ArtConversationSatisfactionJazz

In a film score, the last thing you want to do is take people out of the movie. The music is secondary. In opera, the music is the main event.

Stewart Copeland

MusicPeopleYouWantOperaOut

My cousin's gay, he went to London only to find out that Big Ben was a clock.

Rodney Dangerfield

FindGayLondonClockOutBig

I feel like everything does happen for a reason, and I can totally look back on my career and the decisions I've made and how it sort of worked itself out.

Judy Greer

DecisionsFeelLookBackCareerOut

I've been really, really fortunate to have a mother that has spent many, many long hours on her knees praying for me. And I guarantee you, I would almost bet everything I have that that has saved me more often than not. So it sustains me.

Jay DeMarcus

MotherMeLongYouMoreEverything

Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It's about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the stakes are high and the consequences really matter. It is about laying the groundwork for others' success, and then standing back and letting them shine.

Chris Hadfield

LeadershipSuccessBestTeamShine

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