health
Quotations
Quotations on the topic of ‘health’ from all listed authors (click on the ‘click to view listing’ links to view each quote in full).
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“Increased revenues, meaning higher taxes, will be a central element of any successful long-term budget plan, and President Obama is right to insist that the wealthy – the slice of America that has come through the recession in by far the best financial health – should provide those funds.” -Steven Rattner
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“I’ve declined every congressional benefit I could decline, federal health insurance, the retirement program, the 403(b) program, which I think is overly generous. I’ve got self-imposed term limits of six terms if I have the privilege to serve that long.” -Scott Rigell
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“I learned that people everywhere are basically the same and have similar goals that we do. They want health and happiness and the opportunity to provide for their families.” -Steve Kerr
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“Yoga is at the core of my health and wellness routine even if it’s only for 10 to 15 minutes I find it helps me to re-center and to focus as well as improve my overall core strength.” -Miranda Kerr
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“Smoking is the now the principal avoidable cause of premature death in Britain. It hits the worst off people hardest of all. Smoking is one of the principal causes of the health gap which leads to poorer people being ill more often and dying sooner.” -Frank Dobson
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“It’s been proven that fitting more activity into your day can greatly improve your health.” -Pierre Dukan
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“Illegal immigration is not just a matter of interest in states along our border with Mexico. It is having an effect on local economies, schools, health care delivery, and public safety all across the country.” -Roger Wicker
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“Mr. Speaker, our Nation must no longer be complacent about underage drinking and its alarming consequences. We must bring this national public health crisis out of the shadow and into the bright light of a national priority.” -Lucille Roybal-Allard
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“The health care industry can play a great role in this by being aware of the fact that these children form perhaps the most neglected group of people in the country, largely because it is hard to find them.” -C. Everett Koop
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“I believe that stress is a factor in any bad health.” -Christopher Shays
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“If you believe that health care is a public good to be guaranteed by the state, then a single-payer system is the next best alternative. Unfortunately, it is fiscally unsustainable without rationing.” -Charles Krauthammer
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“Everyone knows that exercise can improve your health. Exercise is a key part of managing your weight and maintaining healthy hearts, lungs, and other bodily systems. But did you know that exercise can make you more productive? The latest research shows that a regular exercise routine can make you happier, smarter, and more energetic.” -Robert…
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“The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I’m just now learning. But it’s not dangerous in any of the ways people think it’s not that they try to make you compromise your art. That’s not the problem.” -T-Bone Burnett
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“I am all about health… and to me, size is not what defines your health.” -Teri Hatcher
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“No one has the right to threaten the health, education, and well-being of children by involving them in illegal or inappropriate work.” -Hilda Solis
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“You can never turn the clock back and, since we’re talking about mental health, I would stress that.” -Peter Shilton
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“I’m as obsessive with health as I was with destruction.” -Dave Navarro
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“I am not obsessive about anything except my health.” -Linda Gray
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“One positive command he gave us: You shall love and honor your emperor. In every congregation a prayer must be said for the czar’s health, or the chief of police would close the synagogue.” -Mary Antin
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“To get rich never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is the wealth of wealth.” -Richard Baker
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“Well, there are about 10 million children that aren’t covered by health insurance. About 3 million qualify for Medicaid but don’t get it, so we’re going to reach out and bring more of those kids into the Medicaid program.” -Franklin Raines
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“The health care reform legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last night clearly violates the U.S. Constitution and infringes on each state’s sovereignty.” -Bill McCollum
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“Now our job, our duty, our responsibility to ensure the safety and security of our citizens cannot be complete unless we guarantee health care security for our citizens.” -Thomas Vilsack
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“The sexes were made for each other, and only in the wise and loving union of the two is the fullness of health and duty and happiness to be expected.” -William Hall
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“Let’s face it, in America today we don’t have a health care system, we have a sick care system.” -Tom Harkin
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“The place I feel most at home is when I have health insurance. I really don’t care how I get it, whether it’s on film, or television or waiting tables, you know?” -Benjamin Walker
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“I suspect the psychological pressure associated with that crisis caused the first mental blackout I had ever suffered. It contributed to a deterioration in my health that later required the insertion of a heart pacemaker.” -Kamisese Mara
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“Looking at affordable health care, I think it is important that we look not only at prescription drugs, but also make sure that there is a major focus on health care.” -Kendrick Meek
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“I never could have achieved the success that I have without setting physical activity and health goals.” -Bonnie Blair
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“The H-1B visa program which helps sustain our rapidly growing economy and also helps meet the health care needs of families living in rural New Mexico.” -Heather Wilson
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“We are involved in youth testing internationally. We want to try to prove without a shadow of a doubt the relationship between physical fitness and health, not just physical fitness and ability to perform.” -Kenneth H. Cooper
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“I think it’s important that, as a matter of course, the brain and spinal column were removed from this cow, and that would be the material that would cause concern in terms of human health. And therefore we’re confident in the safety of the food supply.” -Ann Veneman
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“Since the 1960s, there has been a tremendous expansion of the resources available to pay for health care.” -Phil Bredesen
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“If it’s really so wonderful that both partners have to work to make a living to pay for their house, for health insurance, someone is obviously going to get the short end of the stick.” -Eric Braeden
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“Domestic discretionary spending on education and health care and the environment has been growing at 2 to 3 percent a year. He says we have to rein it in, but he ignores the spending category that is the big spike in the budget.” -John Spratt
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“I want to assure your excellency that I am occupying myself permanently and jointly with my team to achieve a solution as soon as possible to this crisis, the principal objective being the safeguarding of the health and life of those who are inside.” -Alberto Fujimori
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“I think it’s time to have a celebration of life and renew our vows. And this time we’re going to write the vows because they’re going to mean a lot more. We certainly put the ‘in sickness and in health’ vow to the test the last year and half.” -Bill Rancic
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“They’ve got to tell us what is necessary to ensure the future health of the river system.” -John Anderson
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“Moreover, environmental health at the local level has become narrowly focused, very much defined around regulations and the attendant regulatory debates.” -Samuel Wilson
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“There is nothing new about these Republican attacks on our family planning decisions. In fact, from the moment they came into power, Republicans in the House of Representatives have been waging a war on women’s health.” -Patty Murray
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“You can’t make assumptions when you’re dealing with health issues.” -Adam Clayton
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“I am extremely proud of my service with the government and my efforts to help safeguard public health and protect our country against the scourge of offensive biological warfare.” -Steven Hatfill
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“Why do British people make such good TV? It’s so annoying. Stop it. Is it because they have free health care? Uggh.” -Elizabeth Meriwether
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“Man becomes weak or ill by accident as a consequence of the lack of resources. Even the most severally ill patients must be treated with the aim of restoring their health.” -Michael Servetus
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“Pizza certainly has its place in school meals, but equating it with broccoli, carrots and celery seriously undermines this nation’s efforts to support children’s health and their ability to learn because of better school nutrition.” -Jared Polis
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“Swedes are such a civilised, perfect society – at least on the surface. There’s a great safety net, a huge middle class, free education, free health care. People are very polite, they wait their turn. They’re not too loud, they’re not too quiet, but sometimes it’s a little too perfect.” -Alexander Skarsgard
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“Whether it’s making sure that families have access to quality health care and child care, or making sure that our children receive the best educational opportunities we can give them, we must remain committed to these needs because our children are our future.” -Blanche Lincoln
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“I never expected in a million years that I would have the honor to become an advocate of women’s health care and education, and I’d dive on a live grenade to get this message out, so thank you for this forum.” -Karen Duffy
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“To get away from poverty, you need several things at the same time: school, health, and infrastructure – those are the public investments. And on the other side, you need market opportunities, information, employment, and human rights.” -Hans Rosling
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“Many of us believe that we need health care reform. That being said – Americans felt like they weren’t being listened to. There were a lot of people across the political spectrum who said we don’t want a one-size-fits-all healthcare plan.” -Timothy Griffin
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“When I gave birth to my fourth child, I suffered from post partum hemorrhaging. I almost lost my life. I was lucky to be under the care of trained health care personnel. I started wondering then what was happening to women in rural villages.” -Joyce Banda
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“Every day, families in the United States face the stark choice between a roof over their heads and food on the table. Buying health insurance, owning a home, and saving up for college are just too far out of their reach.” -Chris Van Hollen
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“I also rise today in strong support of forward movement on the implementation of health information technology, which has the potential to save the United States billions of dollars in health care costs each year.” -Russ Carnahan
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“Singing really oxygenates your blood. You stretch your lungs and take in much more air into them than before. It’s really good for your health.” -Marisa Tomei
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“People were concerned about national security, and that precluded us from having the opportunity to break through on the issues that we cared most about – the economy, education and health care.” -Tom Daschle
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“I’d just turned 50, weighed 285, and my doctor had read me the riot act about my health.” -Daniel Baldwin
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“Myths about the dire effects of genetically modified foods on health and the environment abound, but they have not held up to scientific scrutiny. And, although many concerns have been expressed about the potential for unexpected consequences, the unexpected effects that have been observed so far have been benign.” -Nina Fedoroff
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“If your access to health care involves your leaving work and driving somewhere and parking and waiting for a long time, that’s not going to promote healthiness.” -Larry Page
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“Thankfully, President Obama has stood firmly behind women’s health care issues by supporting coverage for contraception and reaffirming commitment to organizations like Planned Parenthood.” -Felicity Huffman
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“Conservatives shouldn’t count on the Supreme Court to do our work for us on Obamacare. The Court may rule as it should, and strike down the mandate. But it may not. And even if it does, the future of health care in America – and for that matter, the future of limited government – depends…
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“The old problems – love, money, security, status, health, etc. – are still here to plague us or please us.” -Shelley Berman
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“Yes, I do agree we need health care reform however, this bill badly misses the mark. Congress can and must do better for the American people.” -John Mica
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“It’s time for Haitians to have access to health care. It’s time to open our borders to the Haitian diaspora, open our markets to the world. It’s time to open our country to potential investors.” -Michel Martelly
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“After the break up of the municipality and the loss of his income my father lost health and spirits.” -Catherine Helen Spence
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“The long, cold Minnesota winters instilled in me a fascination for exotic far off places I aspired toward a career in tropical diseases and world health problems.” -Peter Agre
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“My health is wonderful. I work out. I’m working. Playing music. I have a beautiful wife, a nice home, a nice car, I got money in the bank. I got three beautiful dogs that love me. Like I said, I’m blessed. I survived.” -Steven Adler
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“Moreover, health center services save money and lives by treating diseases before they become chronic conditions, require hospital care or require a trip to the emergency room.” -Tim Murphy
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“The study also included the disturbing revelation that most of the troops who reported having mental health problems also reported that they did not seek or did not receive care for their problems.” -John M. McHugh
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“We immigrants can sometimes sound a little hysterical about this because we come from places that have tried this and we know where it leads. Anybody who’s lived in countries with socialized health care knows that it becomes the dominant political issue.” -Mark Steyn
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“The good news is, Americans know firsthand the benefits of a free market – more choices, lower prices, higher quality – and there is no reason why we cannot help them see these same benefits in health care.” -John Shadegg
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“We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.” -Benjamin Jowett
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“My good health is due to a soup made of white doves. It is simply wonderful as a tonic.” -Chiang Kai-shek
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“For many years I didn’t have health insurance.” -Chad Harbach
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“This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay and his corruption.” -Jim Hightower
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“To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise.” -Gene Tunney
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“With more than 1,300 sites of care, VA operates the largest integrated health care system in the county.” -Bob Filner
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“The war on terrorism has made national security a legitimate concern, and a rising deficit, changes brought on by globalization and even the price of oil have thrown the nation’s economic health into question.” -Roger Mahony
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“We must ensure that every worker has healthcare and is able to save for their retirement. We must ensure that our workers have safe and health working conditions.” -Leonard Boswell
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“It is imperative for the health and safety of millions of workers that we ensure that breathing systems needed for protection are widely available, convenient and economical.” -Bill Shuster
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“Our government has made a number of promises to the men and women who served in our nation’s armed forces. Sadly, these promises of health care, education and other benefits have existed more in rhetoric than in reality.” -Allen Boyd
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“Every day I wake up and I lay in bed counting my blessings and saying my prayers for how fortunate I am to have great fans and health and family.” -Luke Bryan
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“We want to repeal the ObamaCare tax. We want to save middle class families from European health care. And that’s what we’re going to do as a party and that’s what Mitt Romney will do on day one.” -Reince Priebus
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“Emergency health care for illegal aliens along the southwestern border is already costing area hospitals $200 million a year, with perhaps another $100 million in extended care costs.” -Gary Miller
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“If a State has reliable scientific information that demonstrates that a warning is needed for a particular food, then in the interest of public health, it should share that information with the FDA and petition for a new national standard.” -Nathan Deal
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“We take our kids for physical vaccinations, dental exams, eye checkups. When do we think to take our – our son or daughter for a mental health checkup?” -Gordon Smith
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“While Haiti has recently celebrated more than 200 years of independence from French colonial rule, the citizens of the island remain vulnerable to poverty, poor health, and political chaos.” -Eliot Engel
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“The real cure for what ails our health care system today is less government and more freedom.” -Steve Forbes
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“America’s doctors, nurses and medical researchers are the best in the world, but our health care system is broken.” -Mike Ferguson
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“In my case, I pay a standard premium to participate in the Federal Employees’ Health Benefits Plan for my wife and myself out of each month’s paycheck.” -Virgil Goode
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“Seven presidents before him – Democrats and Republicans – tried to expand health care to all Americans. President Obama got it done.” -Julian Castro
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“We don’t come to Canada for our health. We can think of other ways of enjoying ourselves.” -Prince Philip
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“If you’re under 26, you can stay on your parents’ plan. You can go back to school or get extra training without fear of a health catastrophe bankrupting your family. Over three million previously uninsured young adults are now on their parents’ plans.” -Kathleen Sebelius
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“Because when we think about the real facts: 44 million Americans without health insurance, millions without jobs, a 50-year high on mortgage foreclosures, an historic high the third year in a row on personal bankruptcies.” -Chaka Fattah
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“I try to make my bed every day for mental health. Coming home to an unmade bed or a room with clothes all over will depress me.” -David Alan Grier
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“We can’t afford to sacrifice another generation of American children to bureaucratic politics. We’ve got to get it done. The future, the health, the life – our nation depends on it and it’s just foolish to think or act otherwise.” -LeVar Burton
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“It’s never occurred to me to worry about my health, or that I’ll get old, or that people will stop laughing at me.” -Frank Carson
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“Even if you walk exactly the same route each time – as with a sonnet – the events along the route cannot be imagined to be the same from day to day, as the poet’s health, sight, his anticipations, moods, fears, thoughts cannot be the same.” -A. R. Ammons
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“We have really good data that show when you take patients and you really inform them about their choices, patients make more frugal choices. They pick more efficient choices than the health care system does.” -Donald Berwick
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“This change to a higher phase of alert is a signal to governments, to ministries of health and other ministries, to the pharmaceutical industry and the business community that certain actions now should be undertaken with increased urgency and at an accelerated pace.” -Margaret Chan
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“Paul Farmer has helped to build amazing health care system in one of the poorest areas of Haiti. He founded Partners in Health, which serves the destitute and the sick in many parts of the world from Haiti to Boston and from Russia to Peru.” -Tracy Kidder
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“Using lots of fresh foods, fruits and vegetables, helps to keep the menu buoyant – I don’t know if that’s the right word, but it keeps a balance of freshness and health.” -Sally Schneider
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“I look forward to working with our leadership team to advance the causes of smaller government, lower taxes, eliminating terrorism, and providing affordable health care, among other issues.” -Howard Coble
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“The first draught serveth for health, the second for pleasure, the third for shame, and the fourth for madness.” -Anacharsis
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“Col. Shaffer is prohibited by his lawyer from talking. He’s at great risk. They want to take away his pay and his health care benefits so they can hold it over his head and not allow him to talk while he’s under suspension. This is not America.” -Curt Weldon
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“Today, diabetes is now epidemic, according to the Centers for Disease Control, the National Institutes of Health, the American Diabetes Association and other national healthcare leaders.” -Tim Holden
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“I am not the Conservative Party’s health care spokesman. I’m fond of Andrew Lansley, and I strongly support David Cameron as party leader.” -Daniel Hannan
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“In speech after speech on his health care plan, the President has tried to convince us that what he is proposing will be good for America. But, how can it be good for America if it raises taxes by a half trillion dollars and costs a trillion dollars or more to implement?” -Scott Brown
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“The people of South and Central Texas and the Coastal Bend need jobs, they need health care, they need water infrastructure improvements, they need a quality education, and they need the resources to keep our borders safe and secure.” -Ruben Hinojosa
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“If you look at the cost of providing health insurance, it actually doesn’t cost more to provide a plan with contraceptive coverage than it does without.” -Jacob Lew
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“My priority is to turn people – especially kids – on to sports and being active so they don’t even have to think about it being good for their health. If people participate for the fun of it, and believe me – it is fun, then fitness programs will be much more successful.” -Alan Thicke
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“I brought together experts from health care, business, academic institutions, and the community to develop a comprehensive blueprint for eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health care in the City of Boston.” -Thomas Menino
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“Make hunger thy sauce, as a medicine for health.” -Thomas Tusser
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“In the field of health care, we are giving people access to insurance who have not had it before.” -Christine Gregoire
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“It was one of the most exciting, perfect evenings of my life, my solo debut at Carnegie Hall. And knowing we were all there to raise money for Gay Men’s Health Crisis made the evening an extraordinary experience.” -Bernadette Peters
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“More and more surveys in the US are indicating a change in values taking place among consumers, who become more concerned about quality of life, food, health and the environment.” -David Korten
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“And if you’re not going to have a clear health threat, you don’t want to panic people.” -William Scranton
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“Illegal immigrants are beginning to comprise a black market class of workers in our society, jeopardizing the financial health of companies which play by the rules, while themselves vulnerable to the exploitation by those willing to take advantage of their illegal status.” -Spencer Bachus
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“Any veteran can tell you it is already hard enough to see a doctor down at the VA and get the health care they were promised when they signed up to serve this country.” -Nick Lampson
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“I was for civil unions and believed strongly that the flow of benefits and protections that would be provided in a civil union for same-sex couples, the decisions that have to be made, when health hardships are faced, when economic hardships are faced, I wanted all of those protections. I never strayed from them.” -Harold…
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“Health reform is an essential part of restoring America’s economy and maintaining our competitiveness.” -Max Baucus
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“Democrats believe we must have comprehensive health care reform that includes giving the federal government authority to negotiate lower prices with drug companies.” -Jim Clyburn
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“People are at their happiest if they are true to themselves. I think that applies to their chosen profession, friends and relationships. It goes for your health too. If you are true to yourself, it seems to me everything should work out pretty well.” -Bebe Neuwirth
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“When I left my parents’ home when I was 19, I went to the University of Florida, and within 24 hours was in the mental health department. And within 20 minutes, I was being told by the director there that they didn’t have what I needed there.” -Darrell Hammond
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“Irregular contact with doctors means many men fail to receive any preventive care for potentially life-threatening conditions. In addition, when men do seek care, embarrassment can often prevent them from openly discussing health concerns with their physicians.” -Michael Crapo
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“If Obamacare is allowed to stand – and Congress is allowed to make the purchase of government-endorsed health insurance compulsory – there will be no meaningful limit on Washington’s reach into the lives of the American people. That is certainly not what the Founders intended.” -John Cornyn
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“As the GAO report recognizes, the long-term health of our forests relies on additional fuel reduction options and funding to reduce the risks that catastrophic fire poses to our nation’s ecosystems, communities and federal budgetary resources.” -Greg Walden
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“But, at the end of the day, we need to represent the taxpayers who have made enormous sacrifices. Many have lost their jobs. Many of them have seen their companies – they don’t have a pension – they have seen their companies cut the match for their 401(k). They have seen their health care benefits…
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“In addition, California spends nearly $1 billion a year in Medi-Cal services for an average of 780,000 illegal immigrants a month, over and above emergency health services.” -Elton Gallegly
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“On health care, virtually every political error that could be made was made.” -Sidney Blumenthal
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“My health is the No. 1 concern and my longevity is the No. 1 concern.” -Alonzo Mourning
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“In some ways I’m still recovering from the trial. My health is not as good as it ought to be. I’ve gone back to practicing law and it seems to have taken a toll for whatever reason.” -Christopher Darden
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“You know, for most seniors Medicare is their only form of health care.” -Corrine Brown
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“Taste is developed by the diversity of the products one can sample. I think our children today may be missing an education about food. We must teach them to know their cuisine and to know the equilibrium of nourishment. That is very important for health.” -Joel Robuchon
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“Illegal drug use runs contrary to the image of health depicted by cycling. Distributors of these drugs must be prosecuted more harshly as they are ciminals.” -Bernard Hinault
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“The health industry, the fitness industry, was really starting to pick up. This was around the mid 80’s.” -Warren Cuccurullo
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“The result was, of course, that today, tragically, more than 40 million Americans don’t have health insurance, and for many, not having health insurance means they don’t have access to good health care.” -George J. Mitchell
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“Health economists have estimated that an injection of $250 million per year in Indigenous clinical care, and $50 million in preventative care, is required to provide services at the same level as for any other group with the health conditions of Indigenous Australians.” -Malcolm Fraser
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“Jobs are disappearing from every sector of the economy, from engineering to health care workers, forcing hundreds of thousands of families into unemployment and low-paying jobs.” -Jerry Costello
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“As state leaders, I think its important for us to provide our perspectives on issues we face every day – like access to school spending, access to health care and governing in a global economy.” -Bill Richardson
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“The main thing is that it’s nice to see these young people – 9 to 14 years old – take the opportunity to get more involved in their health and fitness. We need more kids to be more active.” -Rafer Johnson
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“A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.” -Patricia Hewitt
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“Health has always been an important thing to me. I exercise and try to take care of myself, and drink a lot of water! And I push that to my kids so that they can carry on that same energy.” -Doug E. Fresh
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“We face a choice this election. President Obama is fighting for changes that grow the economy from the middle out and help all Americans succeed – jobs, education, health reform, the DREAM Act, equal pay for women. He is moving us forward with opportunity today for prosperity tomorrow. Mitt Romney wants to take us back…
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“It is time to maximize and prioritize our health care dollars.” -Jane D. Hull
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“Of course the EU and member states must work to ensure that people moving from one country to another understand their obligations and their rights in areas like health, road safety and further education.” -John Bruton
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“If bringing up the next generation is important, why aren’t they the best qualified, the best paid? Why aren’t we as concerned about their career progression as we are about those who work in the education or health services?” -Estelle Morris
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“The aging of the U.S. population is a theme that we believe strongly in and the health care sector is really right in the bulls eye of this particular theme.” -John Zimmerman
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“Our health care system is the finest in the world, but we still have too many uninsured Americans, too high prices for prescription drugs, and too many frivolous lawsuits driving our physicians out of state or out of business.” -Judy Biggert
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“But I don’t want to be out there anymore I don’t want people asking me about my health issues, about my kids. I choose not to be a public paparazzi girl on purpose.” -Toni Braxton
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“The time to read is any time: no apparatus, no appointment of time and place, is necessary. It is the only art which can be practiced at any hour of the day or night, whenever the time and inclination comes, that is your time for reading in joy or sorrow, health or illness.” -Holbrook Jackson
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“At least Obama was half-way honest about how much he was going to spend on health care. He had it at $600 billion. And the real number… is $1.2 trillion.” -Judd Gregg
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“In this most powerful nation in the world, lack of access to health care should not force local and state governments, companies and workers into bankruptcy, while causing unnecessary illness and hospitalization.” -John Conyers
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“Working families need to know that we will work to protect their health needs, promote the development of safe, effective medicines, and guarantee patient rights.” -Christopher Dodd
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“After I had gone through this matter with the President I told him of my condition of health and that my doctors felt that I must take a complete rest and that I thought that that meant leaving the Department finally in a short time.” -Henry L. Stimson
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“I have long recognized a link between fitness and mental health and I think we need to encourage young people to take part in sports and team activities because we know it has such positive results.” -Tipper Gore
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“As grateful as we are for all the work the community health centers do, it is also important that we recognize that they cannot solve the health care crisis facing our Nation by themselves.” -Jan Schakowsky
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“Therefore in medicine we ought to know the causes of sickness and health.” -Avicenna
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“I want to thank the efforts of the American Public Health Association and its 200-plus partners who have organized events around the Nation that serve to raise everyone’s awareness of the need to improve public health.” -Lois Capps
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“I know that it isn’t just violence against women, it’s how do we support ourselves and our families, how do we deal with health care for ourselves and our families? It’s a bigger picture.” -Patricia Ireland
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“We have one of the few societies, the only one I can think of right offhand, where your health care is so tied to your job, so that when an American company has to hire, they have to think about health care.” -Tim Bishop
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“Well, my view is that the insurance companies have done awfully well and spent a lot of money on a lot of things that don’t have anything to do with health care.” -Russ Feingold
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“America enjoys the best health care in the world, but the best is no good if folks can’t afford it, access it and doctor’s can’t provide it.” -Bill Frist
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“It is important for women to have a choice, to have an opportunity to plan their families, because if they don’t, the Republicans have said this is an ownership society. You are on your own, and they’re going to begrudge that child everything, from WIC to a Pell Grant to health insurance.” -Gwen Moore
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“Well, what did we buy? Instead of a leaner, smarter government, we bought a bureaucracy that now tells us which light bulbs to buy, and which will put 16,500 IRS agents in charge of policing President Obama’s health care bill.” -Michele Bachmann
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“I’m up here in Cleveland tonight and there are a lot of folks who are concerned about it. Twenty-five percent of the people up here get their health care through religious organizations and so that religious freedom issue is very important to them.” -Rob Portman
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“Americans oppose Obamacare because they understand that it is inconsistent with our liberties and our idea of limited government and that it will destroy the best health care system in the world.” -David Limbaugh
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“And in terms of their crown jewel legislative achievement: who knew that when asked, ‘will government impose a new federal mandate requiring middle class Americans to buy health insurance whether they can afford it or not?’ The answer would be ‘Yes we can!’” -Artur Davis
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“The truth is that stress doesn’t come from your boss, your kids, your spouse, traffic jams, health challenges, or other circumstances. It comes from your thoughts about these circumstances.” -Andrew Bernstein
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“Five years ago we were working on a new album when my health began failing.” -Lou Gramm
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“I can support co-ops if they want to do it as we’ve known co-ops in America for 150 years – where they serve the purposes of the consuming public, whether it’s health care or whether it’s co-ops as we know them in the Midwest, providing electricity or to sell supplies to farmer.” -Chuck Grassley
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“Decades ago, women suffered through horrifying back-alley abortions. Or, they used dangerous methods when they had no other recourse. So when the Republican Party launched an all-out assault on women’s health, pushing bills to limit access to vital services, we had to ask: Why is the GOP trying to send women back… to the back…
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“It’s been a long road back to health and fitness for me. I am just glad to have been given the opportunity to do what I love most.” -Jonah Lomu
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“In choosing global corporate partners UNICEF emphasises compatibility with our core values and looks to build alliances that advance our mission of ensuring the health, education, equality and protection for all the world’s children.” -Carol Bellamy
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“By offering individuals ownership and control of their health care coverage, we return control to the patients and that is exactly where it should be.” -Chris Chocola
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“San Francisco businesses face many challenges, including high rents, regulatory burdens, and the rising cost of workers compensation insurance and employee health plans.” -Gavin Newsom
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“Not really in all honesty because until you take control of your own health and go to your own doctor and have your own doctor tell you what’s going to work for you.” -Star Jones
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“I cherish the creation of public space and services, especially health, housing and the comprehensive education system which dared to give so many of us ideas ‘above our station.’” -Frances O’Grady
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“Rogue internet pharmacies continue to pose a serious threat to the health and safety of Americans. Simply put, a few unethical physicians and pharmacists have become drug suppliers to a nation.” -Dianne Feinstein
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