Barbara Seaman Quotes
According to the Western model, pregnancy is a disease, menopause is a disease, and even getting pregnant is a disease. Dangerous drugs and devices are given to women, but not to men- just for birth control. I've reached the conclusion that to many doctors BEING A WOMAN IS A DISEASE.
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I cannot possibly believe that I have it made while so many black brothers and sisters are hungry, inadequately housed, insufficiently clothed, denied their dignity as they live in slums or barely exist on welfare.
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I wanted to start working on something that had a lasting effect.
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It sounds depressing, but I think when you truly love someone, you'll never stop loving them.
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And he was going to give me a song, because I'm a singer and I wanted to sing in everything.
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My favorite literary heroine is Jo March. It is hard to overstate what she meant to a small, plain girl called Jo, who had a hot temper and a burning ambition to be a writer.
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Many low-income children face chronic stress from nutritional deprivation or persistent violence at home or in the community. By addressing their medical, emotional and developmental needs through a comprehensive clinical care model, we can lower their risk of developing long-term physical and mental health issues.
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I grew up in Manhattan and, since my father was a playwright, all I ever wanted to be was a stage actress.
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I absolutely consider fashion a form of art. Of course, there is some fashion that is not art at all - it's utilitarian, made for the purpose of covering up. And there are a lot of people out there who put a lot of effort into looking awful. But there are also people putting the same amount of energy into making bad art.
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What does that suggest when a compound this simple plays such an important role? To me it suggests that nitric oxide is one of the most primitive elements of cellular signaling, that it goes way back into evolution.
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As he saw it, there was only one choice - to be strong and upright, or to commit suicide.
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I was knocked out by the show, Chicago.
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Cultures render their icons in their own image. Which comes down to vanity, in some sense.
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When I was a little girl, I always dreamed of being a country music singer, but I never dreamed I'd be a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
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An only child, I always wanted a large hug-house.
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I love paying people to touch me. Nail techs, hair stylists, dermatologists, make-up artists, osteopaths: you name it, I love it.
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Really, some of the best 'X-Files' stories come right out of science. And you just apply that 'what-if' idea. Oh, what if this were true? And that's why so many times the show is scarier because it was not necessarily improbable.
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The novel and the film of 'The Color Purple' are both works of the imagination that make claim to historical truth.
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The first splurge that I did, I bought, like, an $80,000 watch, but that's because I'm a rapper. I need jewelry.
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Liability limit has become a symbol of corporate greed in passing the risk of disaster to the U.S. government and U.S. citizens.
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Very skinny women don't look beautiful in clothes.
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As long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul; when death is immanent what can you do?
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There are some who praise a man free from disease; to me no man who is poor seems free from disease but to be constantly sick.
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When a patient tells a doctor that every symptom is the most horrible ever - and the physical exam and labs are normal - we often suspect something psychological is going on. The symptoms aren't fake. They're physical manifestations of anxiety, depression, and stress. So while I'm always on the lookout for a serious underlying disease.
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According to the Western model, pregnancy is a disease, menopause is a disease, and even getting pregnant is a disease. Dangerous drugs and devices are given to women, but not to men- just for birth control. I've reached the conclusion that to many doctors BEING A WOMAN IS A DISEASE.
