"Gout produces calculus in the kidney... the patient has frequently to entertain the painful speculation as to whether gout or stone be the worst disease. Sometimes the stone, on passing, kills the patient, without waiting for the gout."

-- Thomas Sydenham

#Waiting Quotes #Gout Quotes #Disease Quotes

“I kept listening, kept going to see people, kept sitting in with people, kept listening to records. If I wanted to learn somebody's stuff, like with Clapton, when I wanted to learn how he was getting some of his sounds - which were real neat - I learned how to make the sounds with my mouth and then copied that with my guitar.”
“One of the most important things to remember about infant care is: don't change diapers in midstream.”
“MBA programs are underwritten by large companies and they succeed at producing future employees of large companies. In that regard, they are doing exactly what they are supposed to be doing.”
“The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts.”
“It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You'd wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here?”
“I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.”

Source : "Abigail Breslin Talks JANIE JONES, NEW YEAR’S EVE, Animated ZAMBEZIA, and Other Upcoming Projects". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 28, 2011.
“I definitely believe that the so-called American decline is greatly exaggerated.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“The Nothing is spreading," groaned the first. "It's growing and growing, there's more of it every day, if it's possible to speak of more nothing. All the others fled from Howling Forest in time, but we didn't want to leave our home. The Nothing caught us in our sleep and this is what it did to us." "Is it very painful?" Atreyu asked. "No," said the second bark troll, the one with the hole in his chest. "You don't feel a thing. There's just something missing. And once it gets hold of you, something more is missing every day. Soon there won't be anything left of us.”

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