"We may be likened to two scorpions in a bottle, each capable of killing the other, but only at the risk of his own life."

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Source : "Atomic Weapons and American Policy". Foreign Affairs (p. 529), July 1953.

J. Robert Oppenheimer

#Two Quotes #Risk Quotes #Scorpions Quotes

“When I was a fireman I was in a lot of burning buildings. It was a great job, the only job I ever had that compares with the thrill of acting.”
“That's because only a real artist knows the actual anatomy of the terrible or the physiology of fear - the exact sort of lines and proportions that connect up with latent instincts or hereditary memories of fright, and the proper colour contrasts and lighting effects to stir the dormant sense of strangeness.”
“The first thing you need to make clear to a client is that you aren't there to answer his wants but to answer his needs.”
“We must, we must, we must increase our bust.”
“At the most basic level, I appreciate writers who have something to say.”

Source : "Daniel Alarcón" by Jennifer L. Knox, www.newyorker.com. June 14 & 21, 2010.
“My flesh was burning where the skin was scraped off my knees, and I was afraid that I couldn't be alive anymore with so much pain, and at the same time I knew I was alive because it hurt. I was afraid that death would find its way into me through this open knee and I quickly covered my knee with my hands.”
“To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.”
“I believe that everyone is destined for greatness, but most people aren't willing to pay the price it takes to get there.”

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