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“I remembered some lines from the papers: our nuclear stations are absolutely safe, we could build one on Red Square, they're safer than samovars. They're like stars and we'll "light" the whole earth with them.”

Book:Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

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Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

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“Buy potatoes,” he said. “Gotta hop.” Then he hung up. Of course. A cloud of fallout would threaten European food and water supplies, including the potato crop, placing a premium on uncontaminated American substitutes. Perhaps a few folks other than potato farmers think of the price of potatoes in America minutes after the explosion of a nuclear reactor in Russian, but I have never met them.”

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“¿"Acaso puede alguien ver un árbol y no ser feliz"?. Pues eso... Me gusta pensar. En cambio, el hombre acostumbra más a quejarse, pero no piensa. Entrevistado de Voces de Chernóbil.”

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“Chernobyl is like the war of all wars. There's nowhere to hide. Not underground, not underwater, not in the air.”

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Book:Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

Source: Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

“Death is more just than anything else in the world: no one can escape it. The earth takes everyone- the kind, the cruel, the sinners. Aside from that, there's no justice on earth.”

Chernobyl Oral History

Author:Zinaida Kovalenko

“Tšernobylin jälkeen… Lasten piirustusnäyttelyssä haikara astelee mustalla kevätpellolla… Alla lukee: ‘Kukaan ei ole kertonut haikaralle.’ Minulla oli samanlaiset tunteet.”

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Book:Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

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“Svet koji je ranije bio podatan i miroljubiv sada uliva strah. Stariji ljudi se evakuišu i ne znajući da odlaze zauvek i gledaju u nebo: "Sunce sija... Nema ni dima ni gasa. Ne puca se. Pa zar je to rat?”

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Book:Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

Source: Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

“We can prevent anger to a very large extent by anticipating its causes and planning in advance. A person who gets angry frequently is a person who has not planned well enough to tackle any unexpected situations from cropping up. The better your planning is, lesser the chances of you having to face any unexpected situations and lesser becomes the chance of your getting angry.”

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“Kindness costs nothing, yet it is the greatest gift of love.”

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“Fighting was chess, anticipating the move of one's opponent and countering it before one got hit.”

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“Now that it is obvious we are falling at a furious speed, we are now just anticipating how much area will be covered by the dust from impact, how many more will not see their fall coming.”

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