John Hersey

It's a failure of national vision when you regard children as weapons, and talents as materials you can mine, assay, and fabricate for profit and defense.

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These are some quotes by American author John Hersey Writer, who lived between June 17, 1914 and March 24, 1993.

Quotes by John Hersey

Learning starts with failure; the first failure is the beginning of education.

John Hersey

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All morning they watched for the plane which they thought would be looking for them. They cursed war in general and PTs in particular. At about ten o'clock the hulk heaved a moist sigh and turned turtle.

John Hersey

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And, as if nature were protecting man against his own ingenuity, the reproductive processes were affected for a time; men became sterile, women had miscarriages, menstruation stopped.

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