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Not one has shown an iota of fear of death. They want to end this agony.


Jack Kevorkian

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JACK VALENTI There isn't anything in the world that can't be made better.
JACK VALENTI The public's nerves are raw and edgy. You have to be discreet and understanding about the films ...
JACK VALENTI The only group in America that deserves to scrutinize what we are doing... are parents.
JACK VALENTI Film-makers must decide what story to tell and how to tell it.
JACK VALENTI No one today knows what is indecent.
JACK VALENTI There were five children in my family, and arguing was how we used to entertain ourselves.
JACK STRAW It's extraordinary what children put up with. I happened to see two of my uncles put my father u...
JACK STRAW In 1933, the Nazis came to power and the more systematic persecution of the Jews followed quickly. L...
JACK STEINBERGER In the evenings I studied chemistry at the University of Chicago, the weekends I helped in the famil...
JACK STEINBERGER I feel I learned as much from fellow students as from the professors.
JACK STEINBERGER I reverted easily to my wild state, that is experimentation.
JACK STEINBERGER