"Ionizing radiation may well be the most important single cause of cancer, birth defects and genetic disorders... The stakes for human health are very, very high in radiation matters. It is essential that people take no chance that conflict-of-interest is producing radiation databases which cannot be trusted."

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Source : John Gofman's Right Livelihood Award Acceptance Speech, www.rightlivelihoodaward.org. December 31, 1992.

John Gofman

#Cancer Quotes #People Quotes #Important Quotes

“There are no rules in writing. There are useful principles. Throw them away when they're not useful. But always know what you're throwing away.”
“I couldnâ€™t decide whether it was better to be the art, or the artist.”
“Christianity is, I believe, about expanded life, heightened consciousness and achieving a new humanity. It is not about closed minds, supernatural interventions, a fallen creation, guilt, original sin or divine rescue.”

Source : "Why We Must Reclaim The Bible From Fundamentalists". www.huffingtonpost.com. October 13, 2011.
“The biggest dog has been a pup.”
“Life wouldnâ€™t be worth living if I worried over the future as well as the present. When things are at their worst I find something always happens.”
“When I cruise around, I can't help but study people's faces and emotions and wonder why they're feeling the way they are.”
“In the end, we self-perceiving, self-inventing, locked-in mirages are little miracles of self-reference.”

Source : Douglas R. Hofstadter (2008). “I Am a Strange Loop”, p.363, Basic Books
“Animals don't have anyone to protect them. If we don't stand up, the people who are harming animals will never get stopped.”

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