Health Quotes
  
  
  
	
		
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		I walk into a health club locker room and feel an immediate impulse toward scrutiny, the kneejerk measuring of self against other: 'That one has great thighs, this one's gained weight, who's thin, who's fat, how do I compare?'
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Caroline Knapp
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		We drink one another's health and spoil our own.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jerome K. Jerome
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Since losing my health, I also feel strongly about making each new day worthwhile.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Yolanda Hadid
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Checking your telomere length is a bit like weighing yourself: you get this single number which depends on a lot of factors. Telomere length gives a sense of your underlying health.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Elizabeth Blackburn
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		We've all heard about people who've exploded beyond the limitations of their conditions to become examples of the unlimited power of the human spirit.
You and I can make our lives one of these legendary inspirations, as well, simply by having courage and the awareness that we can control whatever happens in our lives. Although we cannot always control the events in our lives, we can always control our response to them, and the actions we take as a result.
If there's anything you're not happy about--in your relationships, in your health, in your career--make a decision right now about how you're going to change it immediately.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Anthony Robbins
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I learned that people everywhere are basically the same and have similar goals that we do. They want health and happiness and the opportunity to provide for their families.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Steve Kerr
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		You should be able to afford health care for your family. You should be able to retire with dignity and respect. And you should be able to give your children the kind of education that allows them to dream even bigger, go even farther and accomplish even more than you could ever imagine.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Cory Booker
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		The ACE study group concluded: “Although widely understood to be harmful to health, each adaptation such as smoking, drinking, drugs, obesity is notably difficult to give up. Little consideration is given to the possibility that many long-term health risks might also be personally beneficial in the short term. We repeatedly hear from patients of the benefits of these ‘health risks.’ The idea of the problem being a solution, while understandably disturbing to many, is certainly in keeping with the fact that opposing forces routinely coexist in biological systems. . . . What one sees, the presenting problem, is often only the marker for the real problem, which lies buried in time, concealed by patient shame, secrecy and sometimes amnesia—and frequently clinician discomfort.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Bessel van der Kolk
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				William James
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I'm witnessing the problems that the federal government is passing down in terms of drones, in violation of our civil liberties, spying on our citizens, death panels in the form of the government taking over the health care system and the national debt they're just saddling our grandchildren with.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Matt Rosendale
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		As a general rule, nine tenths of happiness may be said to rest on the state of health; when this is perfect, anything and everything may be a source of pleasure; in illness, on the other hand, nothing, no matter what its nature may be, is capable of affording any real enjoyment.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Edgar Saltus
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		It is perhaps life's greatest accomplishment to live to old age, maintaining one's wits, one's sense of humor, one's health, and one's charm.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Yehudi Menuhin