"The true miracle of modern medicine is diabolical. It consists in making not only individuals but whole populations survive on inhumanly low levels of personal health."

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Source : Ivan Illich (1976). “Limits to medicine”

Ivan Illich

#Medicine Quotes #Miracle Quotes #Population Quotes

“Don't go chasin' waterfalls. Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to.”
“The World Cup is a very complicated tournament - six games, seven if you make it to the final - and maybe if you lose one game you're out, even if you're the best.”
“True faith nor biddeth nor abideth form, The bended knee, the eye uplift; is all Which men need render; all which God can bear. What to the faith are forms? A passing speck, A crow upon the sky.”
“I was a window dresser for Burton's once. What really put me off was the area manager coming round and saying, Charles, I think you're a natch at this.”
“It's a landscape that has to be seen to be believed. And as I say on occasion, it may have to be believed in order to be seen.”

Source : "The West (The People)". TV Series, September 15, 1996.
“I usually decide what to wear in the morning, but sometimes, I'll have a favorite coat or sweater or shoes, and I'll wear them everyday for a week!”

Source : "Model Cameron Russell Doesn't Pull Together Outfits, She Lets Them Collapse!". Interview with Melody Nazarian, www.popsugar.com. November 4, 2010.
“I rarely assess live shows after I play them.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“It took me years to learn that sentences in fiction must do much more than stand around and look pretty.”

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