928 private quotes tagged health

“It's about businesses nervous about taking on school leavers because of a mass of red tape. It's about health and safety regulations and green fines.” — Nigel Farage

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“Walking is magic. Can't recommend it highly enough. I read that Plato and Aristotle did much of their brilliant thinking together while ambulating. The movement, the meditation, the health of the blood pumping, and the rhythm of footsteps...this is a primal way to connect with one's deeper self.” — Paula Cole

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“My personal feeling, if I can interject a political note, is that I don't think it is right that basic health care is a privilege. It shouldn't be. It should be a right of all human beings. And certainly in the richest country in the world.” — Bryan Cranston

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“Frequent worshippers are also significantly more active citizens. They are more likely to belong to community organizations, especially those concerned with young people, health, arts and leisure, neighborhood and civic groups and professional associations.” — Jonathan Sacks

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“I think about my parents all the time, especially on Sunday when I'm at Mass. My mother always said, 'We do not pray to win elections. We pray for people's health, we pray that God's will be done, we pray that we do our best. But we do not pray to win elections.'” — Nancy Pelosi

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“Look, I hate to sound like Pollyanna, but I literally can't wait to get to work in the morning. I've got steady jobs, I've got my health, and I'm here in the greatest city in the world. I'd be a pig not to be grateful.” — Christopher Meloni

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“As the National Football League and other pro sports increasingly reckon with the early dementia, mental health issues, suicides and even criminal behavior of former players, the risk of what's known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), is becoming clear.” — Jeffrey Kluger

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“There's no one place a virus goes to die - but that doesn't make its demise any less a public health victory. Throughout human history, viral diseases have had their way with us, and for just as long, we have hunted them down and done our best to wipe them out.” — Jeffrey Kluger

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“Without Free Choice Vouchers, there is little in the health reform law that discourages employers from increasingly passing the burden of health care costs onto their employees.” — Ron Wyden

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“True health care reform cannot happen in Washington. It has to happen in our kitchens, in our homes, in our communities. All health care is personal.” — Mehmet Oz

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“When the Veterans Affairs Department implemented a program to provide home-based health care to veterans with multiple chronic conditions - many of the system's most expensive patients to treat - they received astounding results.” — Ron Wyden

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“Making sure that health care is affordable for every American. I think that is very, very important.” — Kendrick Meek

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“The reality is that the special interest groups that have lobbied against Free Choice Vouchers object to any measure that would empower employees to have a say in their health benefits because it begins to erode their power in the current health care system.” — Ron Wyden

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“I believe the most important aspect of Medicare is not the structure of the program but the guarantee to all Americans that they will have high quality health care as they get older.” — Ron Wyden

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“The voice collects and translates your bad physical health, your emotional worries, your personal troubles.” — Placido Domingo

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“Building a new Health and Hospitals Network is fundamental to building a stronger and fairer Australia.” — Kevin Rudd

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“Years ago nobody was elected on the economic ticket. It was either the education platform, or it was health or it was other issues. It is only recently that economic values have superceded every other human value.” — Anita Roddick

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“The public health of five million children should not be left to luck or chance.” — Jamie Oliver

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“I agree with just about everyone in the reform debate when they say 'If you like what you have, you should be able to keep it.' But the truth is that none of the health reform bills making their way through Congress actually delivers on that promise.” — Ron Wyden

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“With a host of proposals on the table and a President examining new ideas for health reform, we have an obligation to give real reform our best shot.” — Ron Wyden

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“I don't think there's a shortage of material in the world. Or in my head. I just pray for continued good health, because I've got other stories to tell.” — Richard Russo

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“We need better neighbors, neighbors that care about the schools in their neighborhood whether they have kids in them or not, because they know that the health and vitality of that neighborhood depends on it.” — Thomas Friedman

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“I'm happy that I feel a little less out of place in filmmaking than I once was - but it's almost impossible for a playwright in the U.S. to make a living. You can have a play, like I did with 'Angels,' and it still generates income for me, but it's not enough for me to live on and have health insurance.” — Tony Kushner

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“Each State has its own health insurance mandates, and some of them are good, but there are about 1,800 of them all across the Nation, including provisions for acupuncturists, massage therapists, and hair replacements.” — Timothy Murphy

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“For the last 3 years, we have celebrated National Nurses Week. Beginning on May 6, we will once again have the opportunity to truly commend the nursing community for their contributions to our national health delivery system.” — Nathan Deal

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