Albert Einstein
Physicist
"Mankind invented the atomic bomb, but no mouse would ever construct a mousetrap."
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Rene Magritte
Surrealist Artist
"The present reeks of mediocrity and the atom bomb."
Christopher Lee
Actor
"I've seen many men die right in front of me - so many in fact that I've become almost hardened to it. Having seen the worst that human beings can do to each other, the results of torture, mutilation and seeing someone blown to pieces by a bomb, you develop a kind of shell. But you had to. You had to. Otherwise, we would never have won."
Diana Vreeland
Fashion Editor
"The bikini is the most important thing since the atom bomb."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Politician
"No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it. There can be no appeasement with ruthlessness. There can be no reasoning with an incendiary bomb."
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"Scientology is the only specific (cure) for radiation (atomic bomb) burns."
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"Mighty little force is needed to control a man whose mind has been hoodwinked; contrariwise, no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything - you can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him."
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"Sending us Ebola bombs in the form of sweaty Glaswegians just isn't cricket."
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"Sometimes you just can't get rid of a bomb!"
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"Any time bombs are used to target civilians it is an act of terror."
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"I’m the bomb like tick tick."
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"Other than the bombs they strap to their chests, Ive got no idea what makes the Palestinians tick."
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"The greatest threat of harm doesn't come from any bomb"
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"Is it really so easy to determine that smacking someone in the face to find out where he has hidden the bomb that is about to blow up Los Angeles is prohibited by the Constitution?"
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"What’s the point of truth or beauty or knowledge when anthrax bombs are popping all around you?"
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"My political opinions lean more and more to Anarchy (philosophically understood, meaning abolition of control not whiskered men with bombs)."
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"The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything."
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"Every word is an adamantine shell which encloses a great explosive force. To discover its meaning you must let it burst inside you like a bomb and in this way liberate the soul which it imprisons."
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"If I had to perform in a comedy club I would bomb; I would be trying too hard."
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"The Deadheads are doing the dance of life and this I would say is the answer to the atom bomb."
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"It was kind of ridiculous to carry it up to a certain point and then drop the ball or the bomb, like quitting the band right after we had signed to Virgin."
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"Sundays kill more people than bombs."
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"We must shed the old stereotype of anarchists as bearded bomb throwers furtively stalking about city streets at night."
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"If we had the atom bomb, we would have used it against the British."
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"A mouse can be just as dangerous as a bullet or a bomb."
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