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Health Quotes


"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."


"Canada is currently the only major industrialized country in the world that does not allow any private administration of health care services that are provided by the public system."


"What you need to do is get that tape measure out, and start measuring that gut. Then you start working out and you start eating properly till that gut gets down close to it was when you were in your 20's. Then you'll find out what your weight should be."



"Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment."


"I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens."


"Looking after my health today gives me a better hope for tomorrow."


"We've had Town Hall meetings, we've witnessed election after election, in which the American people have taken a position on the President's health care bill. And the bottom line is the people don't like this bill. They don't want it."


"On health care, virtually every political error that could be made was made."


"Health care costs blunt the competitive edge of American entrepreneurs, from the auto industry to internet start-ups."


"Today, nearly 40 percent of a senior's healthcare spending is on pharmaceutical medications."


"Sleep is a reward for some, a punishment for others. For all, it is a sanction."


"Every citizen who stops smoking, or loses a few pounds, or starts managing his chronic disease with real diligence, is caulking a crack for the benefit of us all."


"Mr. Speaker, Americans want, need, and rightfully expect Congress to protect them from the prying eyes of identity thieves and give them back control of their Social Security numbers and personal health information."


"Too many of my constituents, like many other hard working Americans across the country, are suffering unnecessarily due to our flawed health care system."


"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."


"We don't have enough people going into those fields and there is a high burnout rate in some health care professions, so it is very important that we get more people into the pipeline right now."


"If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can't grandma have a constitutional right to health care?"


"We need to be careful when we talk about cutting health care costs. They are not going to be reduced - what we really want to do is do is slow the rate of increase."


"Medical professionals, not insurance company bureaucrats, should be making health care decisions."


"There is a difference between eating and drinking for strength and from mere gluttony."


"Our system of private health insurance that fails to provide coverage to so many of our citizens also contributes to the double-digit health care inflation that is making America less competitive in the global economy."


"Once brave politicians and others explain the war on drugs' true cost, the American people will scream for a cease-fire. Bring the troops home, people will urge. Treat drugs as a health problem, not as a matter for the criminal justice system."


"The health care system is really designed to reward you for being unhealthy. If you are a healthy person and work hard to be healthy, there are no benefits."


"Patenting and purchase of lands are absolutely vital to the health of Nevada's rural communities."


"The best doctors and the best hospitals in America, if they cannot get the patient information they need when they need it, it can lead to morbid consequences: Higher mortality."


"We may define therapy as a search for value."


"I have heard Silvius, an excellent physician of Paris, say that lest the digestive faculties of the stomach should grow idle, it were not amiss once a month to rouse them by this excess, and to spur them lest they should grow dull and rusty; and one author tells us that the Persians used to consult about their mostimportant affairs after being well warmed with wine."


"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."


"The answer was that in Burundi, having a clean bill of health has taken on a very particular meaning: unless and until you have paid for your hospital treatment, you simply can't leave, you are in effect a captive."


"Yog is not only about Rog Mukti but also Bhog Mukti. Yoga can be our cultural ambassador. We can reach out to the world through this medium."
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