Quote by Ivan Illich
The compulsion to do good is an innate American trait. Only North

The compulsion to do good is an innate American trait. Only North Americans seem to believe that they always should, may, and actually can choose somebody with whom to share their blessings. Ultimately this attitude leads to bombing people into the acceptance of gifts. – Ivan Illich

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Healthy people are those who live in healthy homes on a healthy diet in an environment equally fit for birth, growth work, healing, and dying… Healthy people need no bureaucratic interference to mate, give birth, share the human condition and die. – Ivan Illich

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Effective health care depends on self-care this fact is currently heralded as if it were a discovery. – Ivan Illich

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My attitude about Hollywood is that I wouldnt walk across the street to pull one of those executives out of the snow if he was bleeding to death. Not unless I was paid for it. None of them ever did me any favors. – James Woods

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Where the loser saw barriers, the winner saw hurdles. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Im a big fan of Courtney Love. I love Hole and I love her acting and I love her attitude. I just hope I never meet her in a dark alley. – Jeff Ross

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I have a political attitude, but Im certainly not a politician. – Kgalema Motlanthe

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We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene, for the warbling of birds and the prattling of my children. – John Adams

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To live alone is the fate of all great souls. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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And as a nurse, I know very well the importance, for example, of electronic medical records. – Lois Capps

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