"I think that we're making a mistake if we don't see that there is a cultural basis to many illnesses, not just psychiatric ones. Breast cancer would be one prevalent example right now, different kind of cultures surrounding it. If you don't understand the cultural meaning of an illness like that you're going to miss the boat even if you're a great scientist."

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Source : Big Think Interview, bigthink.com.

Jonathan Michel Metzl

#Mistake Quotes #Cancer Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Last time I was sober, man I felt bad, Worst hangover that I ever had. It took six hamburgers, Scotch all night, Nicotine for breakfast just to put me right.”
“The best antidote to worry, I have always believed, is work and more work ...”
“I feel like being into the beat of your own drum has become too prominent in the culture.”
“To live with God is to live always in the present, with him who is the eternal Now.”
“Bad things can happen to anyone at any time, whether you follow the rules or not.”
“What's increasingly clear is that when you are open to a discussion of leadership, and you're relating it to your company, it is much easier to get people to become open.”

Source : "Check it out". abcnews.go.com. October 1, 2007.
“Jesus is with me. I have nothing to fear.”
“You have only so many bottles in your life, never drink a bad one.”

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