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Narciso Mota, municipal president of Pombal, Portugal, on the forest fires sweeping southern Europe (AFP, 4 August)
鈥淚t鈥檚 different from writing for a science journal. That has to be right. In a movie, I wouldn鈥檛 say it doesn鈥檛 have to be right, but it鈥檚 different.鈥�
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Martin Gunderson, one of 15 scientists being taught to write and sell screenplays by the American Film Institute (The New York Times, 4 August)
鈥淚 think these results suggest the world is even less prepared than more prepared.鈥�
Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, on news that a newly developed vaccine for H5N1 bird flu will require massive doses, making global production difficult (The Globe and Mail, Toronto, 9 August)
鈥淓ven if they issue a resolution tomorrow we won鈥檛 accept it, and will carry on with our work.鈥�
Mohammed Saeedi, deputy head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, on the threat of UN sanctions following his government鈥檚 decision to resume work at a uranium enrichment plant (The Sydney Morning Herald, 9 August)
鈥淚 don鈥檛 think magic potions exist outside of Ast茅rix. But it has been revolutionary.鈥�
Isabelle Sauguet of French humanitarian nutrition company Nutriset, whose peanut-butter food sachet Plumpy鈥檔ut has been hailed a lifesaver by aid agencies tackling famine in Niger (The Independent, London, 9 August)