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“If my father had a heart attack, it would give me no solace at all to know his treatment was first tried on a dog.”
Source : "Animal-Research Labs Increasingly Besieged" by Michael Specter, www.washingtonpost.com. May 30, 1989.
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“There are no miracles in agricultural production.”
Source : Norman Ernest Borlaug (1971). “Mankind and Civilization at Another Crossroad”
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“I don't want to move to a city where the only cultural advantage is being able to make a right turn on a red light.”
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“Actions defined a man; words were a fart in the wind”
Source : Mario Puzo (1996). “The Last Don”, Random House Large Print Publishing
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“All the greatest men are maniacs. They are possessed by a mania which drives them forward towards thier goal. The great scientists, the philosophers, the religious leaders - all maniacs. What else but a blind singlenee of purpose could have given focus to thier genius, would have kept them in the groove of purpose. Mania ... is as priceless as genius.”
Source : "Dr. No". Book by Ian Fleming, ch. 15: Pandora's Box, 1958.
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“Honing a thing down until you can still get through with economy, that's power. Learn your technique thoroughly, immerse yourself in it, and then just throw it all out the window, and express what you feel... and it will come through that you are a technician.”
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“So when that Angel of the darker Drink, at last shall find you by the river-brink, And, offering his Cup, invite your Soul forth to your Lips to quaff-you shall not shrink.”
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“My theory of what makes people likeable stars is that they're likeable.”