"The global HIV/AIDS epidemic is an unprecedented crisis that requires an unprecedented response. In particular it requires solidarity - between the healthy and the sick, between rich and poor, and above all, between richer and poorer nations. We have 30 million orphans already. How many more do we have to get, to wake up?"

-- Kofi Annan

#Fighting Quotes #Epidemics Quotes #Sick Quotes

“There is some schedule showing what you (need) to do to get Iraqis standing up and defending themselves which is now suddenly beginning to happen, so there are some signs of progress.”
“Attempts to juggle domestic responsibilities with artistic production have often resulted in smaller bodies of work, and often works smaller in scale, than those produced by male contemporaries. Yet art history continues to privilege prodigious output and monumental scale or conception over the selective and the intimate.”

Source : Whitney Chadwick (2007). “Women, Art, and Society”
“Who am I?â€ â€œWhat is the purpose of my life?â€ These questions arise spontaneously throughout our lives, either unbidden or through conscious intent. Anyone who wishes to live an authentic life must answer these questions, regardless of whether they believe in the existence of the soul or practice a religion. If these queries remain unanswered, life will more than likely remain superficial and empty, in spite of any material abundance. If you wish to make the soul's journey, then I suggest you ask yourself these questions relentlessly and ruthlessly, and listen carefully.”
“I was a born club comic. Radio and TV and stage were fine, but I found my real home in cabaret.”
“In thirty-five years of medicine I have never seen one case where abortion was necessary to save a mother's life.”
“While I don't script and I don't use other performers, I think my taste for underlying precision gives me something in common with Allan and George Brecht.”
“I love you because you're a child and you're scared.' You're going to hurt me in the end. You're quite mad.”
“I think the biggest thing is just making sure that you do the work that you connect with, personally, and that you do work where you can really bring something to the table. It's just about being truthful to yourself.”

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