Wilfred Burchett Quotes

In this first testing ground of the atomic bomb I have seen the most terrible and frightening desolation in four years of war. It makes a blitzed Pacific island seem like an Eden. The damage is far greater than photographs can show.

Wilfred Burchett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: australian
  • Birth: September 16, 1911 - September 27, 1983

Topics

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Like a lot of freelance cartoonists, when any opportunity like that comes along, I have a hard time saying no, whether it makes sense or not.

Jim Woodring

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The greatest advantage of being First Lady is the opportunity it presents to truly make a difference on issues of great importance.

Ann Romney

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When I first started doing influencer marketing for my company Due, I lost my shorts with literally no return on my investment.

John Rampton

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I want to be able to speak with errors in my wording, errors in my grammar. When you type things into Google search, it corrects your words. With speech, I want it to be general enough, smart enough, to know 'No, he couldn't have meant these words that I think he said. He must have really meant something similar.'

Steve Wozniak

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But September 11 marked a big change in the sense that the public was suddenly interested, and as a professor at a public university I felt a responsibility to respond to all of the inquiries about the Islamic world.

Juan Cole

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I like directors who come ready to challenge you to ask the right questions about your character, and I know that directors appreciate that in actors as well.

Joshua Henry

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The 'find it, fix it 'model of medicine doesn't work any more. The U.S. healthcare system is bankrupting the country, bankrolling the insurance companies and exhausting healthcare staff. And despite all that, we are ranked 50th in the world for life expectancy.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

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I think it's a comedian's job to make everything funny. Nothing is off-limits.

Donald Glover

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I don't like people around me sad. I like making people happy.

Tyler, The Creator

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A man is known by the company his mind keeps.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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Obviously I am a photographer and I believe in my medium: I do think that powerful photographs can force change. It doesn't take long to look and be engaged in a strong image whereas, with a story, you have to actually sit down and pause and be involved in it.

Lynsey Addario

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I definitely tried to skateboard in middle school, and being from San Diego, surf and skate culture is a big, prevalent thing. But I was not that good - I was kind of a chubby kid and didn't totally master skating.

Kyle Mooney

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