Paul Farmer Quotes
For me, an area of moral clarity is: you're in front of someone who's suffering and you have the tools at your disposal to alleviate that suffering or even eradicate it, and you act.
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Failing to engage in conflict is a terrible decision, one that puts our temporary comfort and the avoidance of discomfort ahead of the ultimate goal of our organization.
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You learn something when you don't play well, and I figure that helping people, it makes me very, very happy.
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Jay Leno is not a guy who likes change. He eats the same food every day.
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I don't have the luxury of having a dog myself because I travel too much, but I love walking and cuddling somebody else's dog.
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I'm cut from a different cloth. I would never moon someone. I was raised in a good family.
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Unite liberality with a just frugality; always reserve something for the hand of charity; and never let your door be closed to the voice of suffering humanity.
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I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.
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'Trouble,' he chuckled. 'What does a boy like you know about trouble? I was in trouble afore you were born. I been in trouble you don’t even got words for.'
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After the gold was removed from my body I felt lighter, more free. They say this is what happens if you lack metal. You begin to think as an independent person.
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It was a small mistake Sometimes that is all it takes.
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The truth is, the less a subject had to do with the visible world, the more talented I was at solving problems.
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I'm generally risk averse, and most great entrepreneurs I know are as well.
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I would love to get into acting. I really enjoy acting - portraying other personalities and approaching different levels and whatnot - that would be awesome.
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When I get up there, maybe I'm nervous for the first song, but then I get into it. It's a lot of fun to stand up there. I always enjoy the moment when I'm actually standing on stage. When I'm done, I'm like, 'Oh, I want to play one more song.'
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I'm nocturnal when it comes to recording - I'm just more creative at night.
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I think that witnessing ecological problems visible from space is one of the new and essential roles of astronauts.
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John Wayne was a consummate gentleman. Bigger than life.
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The Social Security trust fund is in pretty good shape today and we should not embark upon risky, dangerous schemes which will, in fact, undermine Social Security, such as privatization.
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No doubt you are right... there would be far less suffering amongst mankind if men... did not employ their imaginations so assiduously in recalling the memory of past sorrow, instead of bearing their present lot with equanimity.
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I have to consider my greatest accomplishments winning the Olympics because everything that I've done after that is really because of the Olympics.
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A thousand times I was ready to regret and take back my rash statement - yet it had been the truth.
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For me, an area of moral clarity is: you're in front of someone who's suffering and you have the tools at your disposal to alleviate that suffering or even eradicate it, and you act.
