"We ought to observe that practice which is the hardest of all-especially for young physicians-we ought to throw in no medicine at all-to abstain-to observe a wise and masterly inactivity."

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Source : Register of Debates in Congress, vol. 4, col. 1170, January 25, 1828.

John Randolph of Roanoke

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“The absence of disease is not health.”
“One only hope my heart can cheer,- The hope to meet again.”

Source : "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations" by John Bartlett, 10th ed., 1919.
“Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is the straight-up peak of hip-hop. Straight-up one of the most powerful records ever made, period, in music.”
“The love of freedom has been the quality of Western man.”
“I had a hole in my voice. It's an area in the voice where it's air. It's just - there's no - it's just very airy. And my classical teachers were just so frustrated with me because I would have these deep, low notes that were really strong, and the higher register was strong, but right in that middle area, it was really hard. It was like a passage. And many singers go through this and work it out. But I realized in jazz, I could just take advantage of that and take advantage of having a voice that was very different in different areas.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org
“I am an average mother in almost every way, so yes, much to my regret, I do yell at my children.”

Source : "Q&A with Kelly Corrigan on moms, dads, glitter and glue". Interview with Bob Minzesheimer, www.usatoday.com. February 5, 2014.
“Freedom is not defined by safety. Freedom is defined by the ability of citizens to live without government interference. Government cannot create a world without risks, nor would we really wish to live in such a fictional place. Only a totalitarian society would even claim absolute safety as a worthy ideal, because it would require total state control over its citizens’ lives. Liberty has meaning only if we still believe in it when terrible things happen and a false government security blanket beckons.”
“A painting can't be everything. You have to stop, at some point. It has to be finished, if you want anyone to see it. Some people just continue to work on things, forever. I don't know which is better.”

Source : Source: collider.com

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