Tony Tan Quotes

Families represent the basic building blocks of our society, and primary care a foundational piece of any healthcare system.

Tony Tan

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BuildingSocietyCareHealthcare

I pay a bit more than lip-service to health: I don't eat chips or pre-prepared food, and it might be a comedy sacrilege to admit I do like vegetables, fruit and salad and stuff.

Jo Brand

HealthFoodFruitComedyVegetables

The volunteer military has always been most enthusiastically, even devoutly, embraced by those who would not themselves dream of volunteering - or of encouraging their children to do so.

John Gregory Dunne

ChildrenDreamMilitaryVolunteer

Yes, I am seeking a husband. As soon as the right man asks me, I shall say, 'It is not good for a woman to live alone.'

Anna Held

GoodMarriageLiveAloneWomanMan

I think the questions on the grit scale about not letting setbacks disappoint you, finishing what you begin, doing things with focus, I think that those are things I would aspire to or hope for for all our children.

Angela Duckworth

HopeChildrenFocusThinkQuestions

Celebrity has become, for better or worse, an art form. An artist can use themselves as a medium to become a celebrity as a walking work of art.

Jeffrey Deitch

WorkArtBetterWalkingArtistForm

A company shouldn't get addicted to being shiny, because shiny doesn't last.

Jeff Bezos

CompanyBeingBecauseLastGet

It was implanted in me that I came from a different class - an elevated class. I was cushioned by servants. I don't remember doing anything for myself. I only played and went to school.

Spike Milligan

MyselfSchoolMeDoingRemember

I really do like the independent way of working. You don't get much studio intrusion compared to when you're working on a big Hollywood film where there tends to always be loads of people interfering. The only problem, though, with independent features is that they are hard to sell.

Steven Bauer

PeopleProblemYouHollywoodWay

Iranians call California and Iran 'sister cities;' they're very much alike. Iranians feel at home here and the weather is so close to Iranian weather.

Shohreh Aghdashloo

HomeSisterWeatherFeelCalifornia

In spite of being professionally gregarious, in my nonpaid hours I'm a bit of a hermit. After being around a crew of fifty people for twelve hours a day on a film set, I really like my alone time, and as always, I abhor small talk.

Rob Lowe

AloneTimeDayPeopleSmallTalk

My introduction to dissociation had been at Kenneth Cooper's clinic in January of 1975. Cooper had assembled a gaggle of top American distance runners and a half dozen top researchers, the intent being to figure out what the difference was - physiologically, biomechanically, psychologically - between elite and subelite runners.

Don Kardong

JanuaryAmericanDistanceTopOut

The desire definitely comes from within. There are only a few people who make it to this level and those are the ones who have that innate desire.

Ashton Eaton

PeopleDesireWithinLevelOnlyWho

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