Richard Carmona Quotes

Actions, such as the designation of National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, spring from First Lady Michelle Obama's leadership of efforts to end childhood obesity within this generation.

Richard Carmona

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: public
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 22, 1949

Topics

LeadershipChildhoodSpringEndLady

I prefer to hear an artist's work and what they can do, so as far as I'm concerned, I'd get a lot more out of a collection of songs to be able to understand what the musician is doing.

Jimmy Page

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I'm really addicted to water. I carry a bottle of water everywhere I go. I know people think I'm a nut.

Andie MacDowell

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What I want most is for my son to be proud of me.

John Hickenlooper

SonMeProudWantMost

In the wine world, crusaders would have wine consumers believe that the only wines of merit are something completely indefinable but which they call 'authentic' or 'natural.'

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

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We would like doctors to listen, but the fact is, we better be ready to be able to talk to them. You're going to have to be an active participant in that conversation, so I'd say the American people are going to need ways of stepping up to the conversation.

Anna Deavere Smith

PeopleBetterAmericanYouReady

To not be self-conscious of your appearance is huge, and something that I desperately hope to carry into film at some point in my useless life - to not be thinking, 'My ear looks weird from this angle, why is the camera over there?'

Anna Kendrick

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I think criticism is often so pallid, so tame. I wish it were more performative.

Amitava Kumar

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We've passed an energy bill in the House, to help us be less reliant upon foreign oil so we can get gas prices down. But nothing happens in the Senate.

Steve Chabot

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One of the biggest misconceptions that a woman has is that a man has to accept her the way she is. No, we don't. I don't know who told you that. We like the bright and shiny. If you stop wearing the makeup, stop putting on nail polish, stop wearing high heels, you'll lose us.

Steve Harvey

WomanManMakeupYouLoseStop

Boldness doesn't mean rude, obnoxious, loud, or disrespectful. Being bold is being firm, sure, confident, fearless, daring, strong, resilient, and not easily intimidated. It means you're willing to go where you've never been, willing to try what you've never tried, and willing to trust what you've never trusted. Boldness is quiet, not noisy.

Mike Yaconelli

TrustFearlessStrongConfidentYou

I knew that part of the problem with sensitive issues is that, because they're uncomfortable to address, we have a hard time doing so honestly, if at all.

Jay Asher

TimeProblemDoingUncomfortable

Without the faintest possibility of finding a job, I decided to devote myself to literature: it was about time to find out what I was worth as a writer.

Jose Saramago

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