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“The German system is way less fair than it is expected to be, and the difference is becoming bigger. The private system, with its privilege to pay doctors and hospitals better, is basically putting the whole system at jeopardy, because many first-class hospitals and first-class physicians are wasting their time on trivial cases of privately insured and are no longer accessible for the difficult cases from the public system, despite [the fact] that the hospitals and also the education of those professionals is paid for by public money.”
Source : "Frontline", www.pbs.org. October 25, 2007.
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“Religion can only dream to do what science and art does every day.”
Source : Twitter post from Aug 6, 2012
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“He lifted his brows. "If I really thought it was the absolute best thing for our kids, you'd have had a battle on your hands. That was just a debate." "With chair-throwing." "Heated debate. Fights involve chair-breaking. Chair-throwing is just getting your attention.”
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“I tried. I tried to burn that memory of my regret. But I wasn’t dead yet, I was just on my way to dying, and it’s harder to burn memories when you’ve still got life left. When you’re alive you have to learn how to live with things like regret.”
Source : Christopher Barzak (2007). “One For Sorrow”, p.69, Bantam
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“The only answer to the endless chains of why, why, why is that the alternatives died”
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“Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.”
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“The poor attend to their own virtue in solitude.”
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“The urge to quit is strongest just before breakthroughs occur. Those are the times when it's most important to stay focused and committed. You will encounter the urge to quit many times. Get over it. Quitting is not an option; always be prepared to give it one more day.”
Source : Matthew Barnett (2011). “The Cause within You: Finding the One Great Thing You Were Created to Do in This World”, p.177, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.