"All countries should immediately now activate their pandemic preparedness plans. Countries should remain on high alert for unusual outbreaks of influenza-like illness and severe pneumonia."

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Source : "WHO increases swine flu alert". www.abc.net.au. April 30, 2009.

Margaret Chan

#Country Quotes #Pneumonia Quotes #Pandemics Quotes

“The act of willingly subtracting from one's own limited store of the good and the agreeable for the sake of adding to that of others reflects the understanding that individual happiness needs a base broader than the mere satisfaction of selfish passions. From there, it is not such a large step to the realization that respecting the susceptibilities and rights of others is as important as defending one's own susceptibilities and rights if civilized society is to be safeguarded.”
“I find that my cultural conditioning leads me to focus attention on places where I am unlikely to get what I want. I developed NVC as a way to train my attention-to shine the light of consciousness-on places that have the potential to yield what I am seeking.”
“I only did my duty to my country when I tried to oppose the criminal folly of Hitler”

Source : "Admiral Canaris - Chief of Intelligence". Book by Ian Colvin, p. 210, 2007.
“It is pleasant to recall past troubles.”
“A man rising in the world is not concerned with history; he is too busy making it. But a citizen with a fixed place in the community wants to acquire a glorious past just as he acquires antique furniture. By that past he is reassured of his present importance; in it he finds strength to face the dangers that lie in front of him.”

Source : MALCOLM COWLEY (1967). “Think Back on Us”
“In the name of equal rights, women are being stripped of the protections of the family and given no place except the perverse competition of a sexual market in which increasingly shock, deviation, and aggressiveness command a premium . . .”
“Nobody will stop you from creating. Do it tonight. Do it tomorrow. That is the way to make your soul grow...”
“The secret of living a full life is to be fully engaged, moment to moment, to have something in your life that engages you so that there's nothing missing.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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