Alexandra Robbins Quotes

When Department of Health and Human Services administrators decided to base 30 percent of hospitals' Medicare reimbursement on patient satisfaction survey scores, they likely figured that transparency and accountability would improve healthcare.

Alexandra Robbins

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HealthAccountabilityHealthcare

There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience.

Anatole Broyard

ChildrenTimePresentNothingExpect

Irene Nemirovsky was a prolific writer punctiliously devoted to her craft.

Andre Aciman

CraftHerDevotedWriterProlific

I never read. The paper or anything. I watch a lot of movies, and TV series and stuff. But I never, never read.

Andy Murray

MoviesNeverAnythingWatchPaper

When you have built a $3 billion company out of a broom closet, I think you are entitled to a nice house.

John Schnatter

ThinkYouHouseNiceCompanyOut

Equal justice under the law, even if it's your mother. That was a point of admiration in our household. It was drilled into me.

Steve King

MotherJusticeMeLawEqualPoint

Music is not supposed to be nationalist. It is supposed to surpass language barriers. It is about generations communicating with each other.

Simon Le Bon

MusicLanguageBarriersGenerations

I find painting a much slower process than comedy, where you can go a mile a minute verbally and hope to God that some of the people out there understand you.

Jonathan Winters

GodHopePeoplePaintingComedyYou

Most of our physical education teachers were just teachers, and they had to do the extra stuff on their own. I remember very vividly that they would hold a cane pole between two of the students down low, and we would all jump over it. And they would raise it and raise it and raise it.

Johnny Mathis

EducationRememberDownJumpOver

The larger the state, the more callous it becomes... the colder its heart. It is also true that the bigger the corporation, the more callous its heart. But unlike the state, corporations have competition and have no police powers.

Dennis Prager

HeartPoliceCompetitionTrueMore

I'm a nature bug.

Donna Karan

NatureBug

I can't imagine a more fulfilling thing for a writer than that you've made a strong impact on the lives of other people. Just because I've heard it before does not mean I don't want to hear it one more time.

Armistead Maupin

TimePeopleStrongImpactYouWant

I may be the only person in the world who has my own embryonic cells growing in a petri dish.

Peter Nygard

WorldPersonGrowingMy OwnOwnMay

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