"... class differences in health represent a double injustice: life is short where its quality is poor."

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Source : Richard G. Wilkinson, Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (1986). “Class and health”

Richard G. Wilkinson

#Life Is Short Quotes #Health Quotes #Class Quotes

“Change begins within: the world is as you are.”
“You have to take ownership and leadership of tomorrow. For that to be possible, you have to strengthen your capacity and widen your vision as a global citizen.”
“I will not be a common man. I will stir the smooth sands of monotony.”
“By identifying with the powerful, the disempowered achieve a measure of safety, at least for a moment. By doing the bidding of those in power, they become a necessary part of the system, useful so long as they serve to contain the stirrings and strivings of the oppressed. By making the rules and values of their oppressor their own, they separate themselves from the rest of their group and, temporarily at least, assuage the pain of their stigmatized status.”
“You and I, travel to the beat of a different drum, can't you tell by the way I run, every time you make eyes at me.”
“When it's right you can't say Who is kissing whom.”

Source : Gregory Orr (2013). “Concerning the Book that is the Body of the Beloved”, p.29, Copper Canyon Press
“By enlarging your knowledge of things, you will find your knowledge of self is enlarged.”
“I don't think it's a coincidence this happened. God does things for a reason ... It's a good message for back home.”

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