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The more cases of Ebola infection we have, the more chances there are for the virus to mutate in a particular way that adapts it well to living in humans, replicating in humans, and perhaps transmitting from human to human.

David Quammen

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LivingWayMoreHumanWellChances

I did the 'Tonight Show' once, and I choked up. I get intimidated.

John Candy

UpShowGetTonightDidOnce

I have a famous brother, and I see what his life's like. He can stay places 15 minutes, and then he's got to leave. So I've seen what it's like to be famous, and I haven't really aspired to be a huge mega-star - not that I've had that opportunity.

Joel Murray

LifeOpportunityBrotherFamousSee

Read a lot. Read broadly... Tell stories to your friends, and pay attention to when they get bored... Write a lot.

John Green

FriendsAttentionWritePay Attention

Look closer at the stress in your own life and you can identify that negative emotions are always built on counterfactual statements.

Andrew J. Bernstein

LifeStressNegativeYouLookOwn

I learned the biggest lesson just watching Ed McMahon, watching him watch Mr. Carson's monologue.

Jeffrey Tambor

LessonWatchingHimWatchJustMr

My eyesight is not nearly as good. My hearing is probably going away. My memory is slipping too. But I'm still around.

John Wooden

GoodMemoryHearingEyesightGoing

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.

Amos Bronson Alcott

FriendshipWorldFriendsTakeUs

My second husband encouraged me to go to a writing group at our local theatre. It was my 'coming out of the closet' moment.

Sue Townsend

MomentMeWritingTheatreHusband

If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe.

Simone Weil

FuturePastSheThanksEuropeWould

The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.

Shirley MacLaine

FearPeopleFriendsStrangersMore

We saw how a lot of companies charge upwards of $1500 for a basic LSAT course, and we all thought that is simply way too much, even if the instruction was good.

Ron DeSantis

GoodThoughtToo MuchWaySawBasic

Science is a part of culture. Indeed, it is the only truly global culture because protons and proteins are the same all over the world, and it's the one culture we can all share.

Martin Rees

ScienceCultureWorldSameOver

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