Bernardino Ramazzini Quotes
...those who sit at their work and are therefore called 'chair workers,' such as cobblers and tailors, suffer from their own particular diseases ... These workers ... suffer from general ill-health and an excessive accumulation of unwholesome humors caused by their sedentary life ... so to some extent counteract the harm done by many days of sedentary life. On the association between chronic inactivity and poor health. Ramazzini urged that workers should at least exercise on holidays.
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The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.
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I've never been one to run from a challenge.
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What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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I have always wanted to work with Lingusamy, as he is a master of commercial cinema. I have always admired his etching of female characters.
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Of course great politicians are always liable to be wrong about something, and the more people tell them they are wrong, the more stubbornly they defend their error.
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I'm probably the wealthiest Indian in America.
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The U.S., especially Hollywood, is so strong for film production.
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Positivity is like a muscle: keep exercising it, and it becomes a habit.
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We must never undervalue any person. The workman loves not that his work should be despised in his presence. Now God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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Most Israelis do want to keep Israel safe. The question is how do you do that.
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I got a job when I was 15 because my allowance was about $20 a week which in New York was impossible. So I used to waitress across the street from where I grew up.
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New York is a passionate city. They want a winner. They deserve a winner. I think we did an outstanding job of bringing it back.
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I've become more and more aware of the promise and struggle to teach the global mind nowadays because I use every chance I get to ask faculty and administrators of management education programs why we don't offer at least one course - not even required, just an elective - on the world's religions.
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'The world? The world is not interested in us. Today, everything is possible, even the crematoria...'
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Being a star and having money do not make for a happy person.
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I'm really into Sweet 75 right now, and I dig playing Nirvana, don't get me wrong. Even if Kurt never died, more than likely I'd be in Sweet 75 today still.
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I think that's what distinguishes Schmidt, really. In the movies now, so much of what is appealing to an audience is the dramatic or has to do with science fiction, and Schmidt is simply human. There's no melodrama; there's no device, It's just about a human being.
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Whatever one does cheerfully is good for health.
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My temptation is emotional, and resisting will further my needed weight loss and strengthen my character. Furthermore, nothing tastes as good as thin feels.
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I'm very pleased with each advancing year. It stems back to when I was forty. I was a bit upset about reaching that milestone, but an older friend consoled me. 'Don't complain about growing old - many, many people do not have that privilege.'
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...those who sit at their work and are therefore called 'chair workers,' such as cobblers and tailors, suffer from their own particular diseases ... These workers ... suffer from general ill-health and an excessive accumulation of unwholesome humors caused by their sedentary life ... so to some extent counteract the harm done by many days of sedentary life. On the association between chronic inactivity and poor health. Ramazzini urged that workers should at least exercise on holidays.
