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mushroom Proficient

"So much of medicine is looking solely down the wrong end of the gun barrel, and that is really a pity for all of us"


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"People are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health industry, which pays no attention to food." ~ Wendell Berry

pricklypear1971 Community Regular

"People are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health industry, which pays no attention to food." ~ Wendell Berry

That about sums it up.

cahill Collaborator

" Handel every stressful situation like a Dog. IF you can not eat it or play with it,Just pee on it and walk away "

elye Community Regular

It's a troublesome world. All the people who are in it

Are troubled with troubles almost every minute.

You ought to be thankful, a whole heaping lot,

For the places and people you're lucky you're not.. . ..

Dr. Seuss (who else? My hero)... . .... :)

pondy Contributor

"If the shoe fits, buy it in every color!!"... Author Unknown

Oh yeah,

"If you're tired of shopping, sit down and try on shoes!"... also Author Unknown

:)

pondy Contributor

Here's another...

"THE LARGE PRINT GIVETH And the small print taketh away"... Tom Waits


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mushroom Proficient

(and there's more small print than large print) :lol:

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sora Community Regular

Care more than others think it is wise

Risk more than others think it is safe

Dream more than others think it is practical

Expect more than others think it is possible

IrishHeart Veteran

"You can never get a cup of tea large enough, or a book long enough, to suit me."

--C. S. Lewis

IrishHeart Veteran

When asked to what she attributed her long and happy life, Julia Child said cheerfully:

" BEEF and GIN."

IrishHeart Veteran

and, one more: :lol:

"Whenever God Closes One Door He Always Opens Another,

Even Though Sometimes It's Hell in the Hallway" (unknown)

IrishHeart Veteran

Nope, I lied :lol:. ...I have one more (in keeping with the original thought)

Coniecturalem artem esse medicinam - (Aulus Cornelius Celsus)--

"Medicine is the art of guessing."

<_< yes indeed

pricklypear1971 Community Regular

When asked to what she attributed her long and happy life, Julia Child said cheerfully:

" BEEF and GIN."

She forgot the butter :).

mushroom Proficient

By the time you understand something, it's obsolete.

IrishHeart Veteran

"You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality."- Ayn Rand

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