"From the first I became convinced that what I must look for was lead dust and lead fumes, that men were poisoned by breathing poisoned air, not by handling their food with unwashed hands."

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Source : Alice Hamilton, (2013). “Exploring the Dangerous Trades - The Autobiography of Alice Hamilton, M.D.”, p.97, Read Books Ltd

Alice Hamilton

#Men Quotes #Air Quotes #Dust Quotes

“Formerly I believed books were made like this: a poet came, lightly opened his lips, and the inspired fool burst into song â€“ if you please! But it seems, before they can launch a song, poets must tramp for days with callused feet, and the sluggish fish of the imagination flounders softly in the slush of the heart. And while, with twittering rhymes, they boil a broth of loves and nightingales, the tongueless street merely writhes for lack of something to shout or say”

Source : Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky, “A Cloud In Trousers - Part II”
“Iâ€™ve talked to guys who have played for the Phillies and gone on to other organizations and the grass isnâ€™t always greener on the other side.”
“We've switched from a culture that was interested in manufacturing, economics, politics - trying to play a serious part in the world - to a culture that's really entertainment-based.”
“I think we've all had enough of Coltrane saxophonists. There's a case of someone ruining a generation of saxophonists, as Louis Armstrong may have ruined a generation of trumpeters.”
“Jesus has given you the right to use His name. That name can break the power of disease, the power of the adversary. That name can stop disease and failure from reigning over you. There is no disease that has ever come to man which this name cannot destroy.”
“Maybe people become bitter when they don't know what they are fighting for. But I keep my eyes open.”
“I like to do movies that provoke rather than reinforce conservative values.”
“What about the rest of life? Respect for the sanctity of life, if you believe that it begins at conception, cannot end at birth.”

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