"I was diagnosed with Graves' disease, an illness of the thyroid gland. Instead of surgery, I was given radiation treatment."

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Source : "Gail Devers: 'A girl asked what was wrong with me. She said I looked like a monster'". Interview with Jamie Jackson, www.theguardian.com. April 1, 2007.

Gail Devers

#Disease Quotes #Radiation Quotes #Illness Quotes

“If you could find a major city that actually had a functioning, good public school system, you should buy all the real estate.”
“No man worth his salt, no man of spirit and spine, no man for whom I could have any respect, could rejoice in the identification of Tallulah's husband. It's tough enough to be bogged down in a legend. It would be even tougher to marry one.”
“My overall artistic goal is to marry graphic design with comic books and traditional storytelling.”
“If you have to ask someone to change, to tell you they love you, to bring wine to dinner, to call you when they land, you can't afford to be with them.”

Source : Sloane Crosley (2010). “How Did You Get This Number”, p.132, Granta Books
“We need to profoundly revise all of our taxes and charges. The aim is to tax pollution - notably fossil fuels - more, and tax work less”
“Technology gives us the facilities that lessen the barriers of time and distance - the telegraph and cable, the telephone, radio, and the rest.”

Source : Emily Greene Balch (1972). “Beyond Nationalism: The Social Thought of Emily Greene Balch”, New York : Twayne Publishers
“The involuntary character of psychiatric treatment is at odds with the spirit and ethics of medicine itself.”
“To love and to live well is wished of many, but incident to few.”

Source : John Lyly (1964). “Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit; Euphues & His England”

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