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Health Quotes
"Let's face it, in America today we don't have a health care system, we have a sick care system."
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"I've got a book coming out soon so I just must get some weight off."
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"Since 1985 our [American's] consumption of all added sugars- cane, beet, HFCS, glucose, honey, maple syrup, whatever- has climbed from 128 pounds to 159 pounds per person."
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"Games lubricate the body and the mind."
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"I've been doing this a long time, and I've come to learn that predictions don't mean much. Too much lies outside the realm of medical knowledge. A lot of what happens next comes down to you and your specific genetics, your attitude. No, there's nothing we can do to stop the inevitable, but that's not the point. The point is that you should try to make the most of the time you have left."
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"If you don't want me to attend the patient I'll go.''But she can't see a doctor now.''Why not?''She isn't well."
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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."
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"Try jogging when following your heart, it's healthier."
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"Advances in science and medical research and public health policies have meant that life expectancy for Australians is one of the highest in the world."
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"Licking your wounds will not stop the bleeding, but applying pressure will."
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"Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody."
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"We are going to see a tremendous number of health professionals retire over the next 8-10 years. We are not doing nearly enough to deal with this problem."
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"I think we do better as a country when we go step by step toward a goal, and the goal in this case should be reducing health care costs."
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"While some people are certainly seeing economic benefits, many others are unemployed, underemployed, without health insurance and struggling to make ends meet."
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"Research clearly shows us that the earlier women think about maintaining their bone mass and take the steps to do so, the better their health will be in the long run."
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"It's been six years since I have had a drink and I have two girls, and my priorities are a lot different now and I just can't believe I was that guy. And I would not go back, I would not trade the way I am now for anything."
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"When elected officials abandon our environment and ruin our natural resources, public health is endangered. I know the importance of providing a clean environment for our children; I have attended more than one funeral for a child who has died from an asthma attack."
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"Look, all this is about is utilizing the rules of the Senate, using a majority of the senators, to make sure that we get health reform done. We cannot wait another day."
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"Try as we might, each of us can eat only about 1500 pounds of food a year. What this means for the food industry is that its natural rate of growth is somewhere around 1% every year (growth of American population)."
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"Patenting and purchase of lands are absolutely vital to the health of Nevada's rural communities."
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"I regarded finding I had a form of Alzheimer's as an insult and decided to do my best to marshal any kind of forces I could against this wretched disease. I have posterior cortical atrophy or PCA. They say, rather ingenuously, that if you have Alzheimer's it's the best form of Alzheimer's to have."
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"Sometimes the walk to the doctors is a better cure than the medicine you receive."
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"Taste is the fundamental quality which sums up all the other qualities. It is the nec plus ultra of the intelligence. Through this alone is genius the supreme health and balance of all the faculties."
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"Depression is melancholy minus its charms - the animation, the fits."
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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."
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"In general, nine-tenths of our happiness depends on our health alone."
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"Strong advocacy for education, health care and worker safety will be indispensable if they are to get their fair share of President Bush's austere budget for the next fiscal year."
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"There is just no reason why the richest nation in the world can't provide health care to all its people."
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"We have now just enshrined, as soon as I sign this bill, the core principle that everybody should have some basic security when it comes to their healthcare."
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"If you're not paying for it through the health plan, you pay for it in the emergency room."
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"The more diseases you know about the sicker you are."
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