C. Everett Koop (Charles Everett Koop) Quotes
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No Americans wants to see somebody lose their house because of health bills. Their boat? Maybe. Maybe the boat. But not the house.
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If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.
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In 2001, America 's hospitals provided nearly $21 billion in uncompensated health care services.
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With the price of life these days, you've got to get everything for free you can.
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You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.
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I started modelling when I was 13, so I learned a lot of things. I actually love doing make-up on other people, too.
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What I'm trying to do is to write a story. If you take something from it, that's wonderful; if you don't, that's wonderful as well.
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What you pay for an investment is the single biggest determinant for how successful that investment will be. When equity prices are high, your returns will be lower. When they are cheap, your returns will be higher.
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If you publish something in traditional media, it's one-way. With social media, we get all this info coming back from those who read our posts.
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Anytime you put a movie out it's subject to such scrutiny and such criticism.
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It's not enough to attend church and pray every Sunday; you have to act.
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Every time you make a guess of what a judge is going to do... you're wrong, so I try to stay away from that.
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Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.
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I really like collections of things. I love antique botanical prints with a bunch of different weeds and seeds.
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Whenever you're scared of something, don't let that define you. We all feel it, but step up.
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When I lived in Egypt, we always wore kaftans. I had cashmere kaftans from Halston. You put on a kaftan in your backyard, and it's like you're in Ibiza.
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What you do on a dinosaur expedition is you hike and look at the ground. You find bones sticking out of the dirt and, once you see something, you dig.
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I just write mechanical things.
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One of my friends, picture of health, worked out his whole life, never had a weight problem. Calls me up one day and says, 'I have pancreatic cancer.' Gone. I've lost too many friends.
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Little things do make a difference. Can you imagine a world without butterflies?
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There is perhaps no better way to appreciate the dizzying stupidity of the United States than to chat with 25 consecutive morning radio hosts.
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When you are the invisible man to the head coach, the only option is to head for the exit.
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There are all kinds of things you can do to marry literacy with health.
