"The influenza pandemic of 1918 may well be the greatest scourge ever to afflict humanity, exacting a death toll greater than all the wars of the 20th Century combined. The virus that wreaked this havoc apparently developed in birds, and then jumped to people. In other words, it was avian flu."

-- David L. Katz

#War Quotes #People Quotes #Bird Quotes

“My whole act is confession.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Civil libertarian activists are found overwhelmingly on the left. Their right-wing brethren have been concerned with issues more important than civil rights, voting rights, abuses by police and the military, and the subordination of politics to religion - issues like the campaign to expand human freedom by turning highways over to toll-extracting private corporations and the crusade to funnel money from Social Security to Wall Street brokerage firms.”

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“Learning to shoot firearms to me is a little like driving stick - it seems like a decent skill to have.”
“Every time Paul and Gene use my makeup, they have to pay me a royalty check. I think they changed the makeup so they didn't have to pay me.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Something new will always be the source of growth in Silicon Valley.”
“Let me tell you, though: being the smartest boy in the world wasnâ€™t easy. I didnâ€™t ask for this. I didnâ€™t want this. On the contrary, it was a huge burden. First, there was the task of keeping my brain perfectly protected. My cerebral cortex was a national treasure, a masterpiece of the Sistine Chapel of brains. This was not something that could be treated frivolously. If I could have locked it in a safe, I would have. Instead, I became obsessed with brain damage.”
“Life does not play with marked cards.Winning or losing is part of it.”
“Misers mistake gold for their good; whereas 'tis only a means of attaining it.”

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