Patch Adams Quotes

It is inexcusable that the richest country in the world does not take care of all of its people. We don't consider ourselves idealistic; we're thoughtfully trying to make a beautiful health care model.

Patch Adams

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BeautifulHealthPeopleWorldCare

What created democracy was Thomas Paine and Shays' Rebellion, the suffragists and the abolitionists and on down through the populists and the labor movement, including the Wobblies. Tough, in your face people... Mother Jones, Woody Guthrie... Martin Luther King and Caesar Chavez. And now it's down to us.

Jim Hightower

MotherKingPeopleDemocracyFace

William Faulkner, Muriel Spark, Richard Yates, William Styron, James Salter, Alice Munro. They're very different writers, and I admire them for different reasons. The common thread, I guess, is that they remind me what's possible, why I wanted to write fiction in the first place.

Jennifer Haigh

MeSparkPlaceWhyAdmirePossible

Part of being young is you think gaining 6 lbs. is the end of the world.

Melissa McCarthy

WorldThinkEndYouYoungBeing

Half the struggle is just getting yourself to the gym or getting yourself in your workout gear and ready for action.

Mel B

StruggleYourselfActionGymReady

What we really need to be understanding is that all of these things matter and they all stem from the fact that certain people live with power and authority and they want to maintain it.

Anita Hill

LivePowerPeopleUnderstandingWant

I'm aware families sit around the telly to watch 'Vera', which is making entertainment out of murder. But I don't enjoy reading about people's pain. I tend to put myself in that position, and it's not somewhere I want to be.

Ann Cleeves

MyselfPainPeopleReadingEnjoy

A man without decision can never be said to belong to himself.

John W. Foster

DecisionManSaidNeverWithout

There is a big market for horror in India, but people don't explore that much.

Sidharth Malhotra

PeopleIndiaHorrorExploreBig

The march of progress must continue.

Martin O'Malley

ProgressMarchMustContinue

A shootout is a shootout. You go in and get the bad guys.

Michael Pena

YouBadGoGetBad GuysGuys

For many people, when they come to Twitter, the language is opaque. We need to push the scaffolding to the background and bring the content forward. The media, the photos, the videos.

Dick Costolo

PeopleForwardLanguagePushMedia

I'm going to work with Republicans when they do things I agree with and I'm going to fight Republicans when they're doing things that I think are damaging.

Claire McCaskill

WorkFightThinkDoingGoingAgree

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