Quote by Martha Beck
People are so afraid of authority figures and doctors are authorit

People are so afraid of authority figures and doctors are authority figures. – Martha Beck

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No one else can take risks for us, or face our losses on our behalf, or give us self-esteem. No one can spare us from lifes slings and arrows, and when death comes, we meet it alone. – Martha Beck

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Anger elicits anger, fear elicits fear, no matter how well meaning we may be. – Martha Beck

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A smart mother makes often a better diagnosis than a poor doctor. – August Bier

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Medical

Medical decisions have been politicized. What doctor wants a state legislator in his consulting room? – Garry Trudeau

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I firmly believe that if the whole materia medica could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be all the better for mankind and all the worse for the fishes. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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If one of us, any of us, any American is traveling in a town somewhere in America and a medical crisis hits them, for someone who is diabetic or perhaps has heart disease or some other problems, where do we get the records to determine what to do? – Timothy Murphy

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A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future. – Oliver Goldsmith

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A lot has been written about Tony Perkins and myself and I figured, Lets get it straight. I had a relationship with Tony for two to three years, but those are only threads in the tapestry of my whole life. – Tab Hunter

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Men do not fail they give up trying. – Elihu Root

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I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will. – Henry David Thoreau

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