Quote by Paul Farmer
It is clear that the pharmaceutical industry is not, by any stretc

It is clear that the pharmaceutical industry is not, by any stretch of the imagination, doing enough to ensure that the poor have access to adequate medical care. – Paul Farmer

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Haiti is always talking about decentralization and nothing has been so obvious, perhaps a weakness, as the centralized nature of Haitian society as being revealed by the earthquake. I mean, they lost all these medical training programs because they didnt have them anywhere else. – Paul Farmer

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Medical
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Weve taken on the major health problems of the poorest – tuberculosis, maternal mortality, AIDS, malaria – in four countries. Weve scored some victories in the sense that weve cured or treated thousands and changed the discourse about what is possible. – Paul Farmer

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Health
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The biggest public health challenge is rebuilding health systems. In other words, if you look at cholera or maternal mortality or tuberculosis in Haiti, theyre major problems in Haiti, but the biggest problem is rebuilding systems. – Paul Farmer

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Health
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There are two worlds: the world we can measure with line and rule, and the world that we feel with our hearts and imagination. – Leigh Hunt

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Imagination

People write memoirs because they lack the imagination to make things up. – Tom Robbins

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Imagination

Cowardice… is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination. – Ernest Hemingway

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Imagination

For me, my travels have been the chance to go to a place that already exists in my imagination. – Hugo Pratt

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Imagination

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Its passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election. – Margaret Thatcher

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Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing. – Benjamin Franklin

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Civilization and profits go hand in hand. – Calvin Coolidge

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I love the live performances and Las Vegas. I also like making films that are being discovered by another generation. Having been a teen idol of the 60s is great because you realize you left your generation with a smile and good memories. – Connie Stevens

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