There are people who strictly deprive themselves of each and every eatable, drinkable, and smokable which has in any way acquired a shady reputation. They pay this price for health. And health is all they get for it. How strange it is. It is like paying out your whole fortune for a cow that has gone dry.
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Related To stand on the brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli... ASK AND IT IS GIVEN It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER I'm not an Emontional, but how??? I live with the thought that "Nothing can be returned, it has... DEYTH BANGER You don't find interesting stuff because you don't search enough, ... every book has it's own lesson... DEYTH BANGER It is what it is, it is what you make it. JAMES DURBIN The king may rule the kingdom, but it's the queen who moves the board. D.M. TIMNEY I am Happy and satisfied with what I am.
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LEWIS BLACK A servant who serves excellently from his whole heart with due courage and humility is never a serva... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Or maybe they just accept that it's wrong in God's eyes, although not in their own, and they'll worr... CRAIG GROESCHEL Tomorrow is promised to no one. Prioritize today accordingly. GINA GREENLEE And really, it hasn't hurt our CD sales. People out there look at the price of a download in a diffe... MARK BERRY Life is not all about sticking or stopping your thoughts to old memories but LIFE STARTS when you st... NEHA KOTHARI It's very hard to see someone you love who is sick; it is hard to care for them, and it is hard on y... DR. NICHOLAS CHRISTAKIS Life is not a game. Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play. J.R. RIM Football is a great deal like life in that it teaches that work, sacrifice, perseverance, competitiv... VINCE LOMBARDI People know that is the price and that's what they are going to pay. People seem to like it. When yo... BARRY SILVERMAN This partnership demonstrates how health status can be improved through education, coordination of c... ALAN LEVINE By applying for and receiving Health Utilization Management accreditation, APS Healthcare has demons... CHARLES STELLAR It is true that many young people who wrongly, that is, simply with abandon and unsolitarily, feel t... RAINER MARIA RILKE Health is the natural condition. When sickness occurs, it is a sign that Nature has gone off course ... JOSTEIN GAARDER There is a price to pay for sin, and the sin is overpriced for the consequences in which it cost. SUSIE L HILL One of the challenges with a government health system, like in the UK, with all of this data, is tha... CRAIG VENTER If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your muscles grow, your ego has reached ... LEWIS BLACK If you're not paying for it through the health plan, you pay for it in the emergency room. DAVID LEHMAN It's certainly a boon to the luxury business. That exclusivity has made more people willing to pay f... DANA TELSEY About every six to eight months, I run into a man who astounds me sexually, but between escapades, I... SUE GRAFTON For each petal on the shamrock this brings a wish your way. Good health, good luck, and happiness fo... IRISH BLESSINGS it's always important to do what you want, Life is too short to live with Regrets. SHELLI THOMPSON History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN The evidence of the emotions, save in cases where it has strong objective support, is really no evid... H. L. MENCKEN That is a damning comment. That they couldn't even get senior officials who work at that health regi... CAROLE JAMES There are people who want to buy health insurance and can't do it. They're willing to pay for it. Th... BRUCE ABBE 37. It is better to be single and unhappy than unhappily married. JAMES C. DOBSON Diversity, rather than cohesiveness, is the new passion, and it pits us against each other for “ri... JAMES C. DOBSON Everything you want in life has a price connected to it. There's a price to pay if you want to m... HARRY BROWNE Everything known and referred to as “impossible” is often what has not been attempted before. It... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR To get rich never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is the wealth of wealth. RICHARD BAKER The company has failed to comply with health and education benefits. They don't meet requirements fo... CONSUELO AGUILAR Wisconsin Democrats are focused on making life more affordable for our middle-class families, so the... JOE WINEKE The whole idea of our government is this: If enough people get together and act in concert, they can... P. J. O'ROURKE More people are moving here because this is a desirable place to live, which has boosted the demand ... GUY TAUER If you're not paying for it through the health plan, you pay for it in the emergency room. DAVID LEHMAN Even religious people are vulnerable to this longing. Those who belong to communities of faith have ... BARBARA BROWN TAYLOR TV does not care about you or what happens to you. It's downright bad for your health now, and t... TOM PETTY I would caution against fueling cheap populism. First of all, every German who has spent a vacation ... WOLFGANG SCHAUBLE There is no fun in psychiatry. If you try to get fun out of it, you pay a considerable price for you... HARRY STACK SULLIVAN I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix. DEYTH BANGER We see it as a desperate attempt by a gubernatorial candidate who is behind in the polls and has mis... BRIAN WINFIELD It has information on all kinds of emotional and mental health issues that kids face today, and it d... GREG KILLIAN I saw that there is no Nature, That Nature doesn’t exist, That there are hills, valleys,... ALBERTO CAEIRO This technology is valuable because it will improve health and extend lives. But we need to begin th... DANA GOLDMAN If you take your kid in for the sniffles, you pay $20, but the full cost is $200. And so we need to ... DAVE BRAT And if people can see themselves for who they really are, they will know that every person has a dar... KIRTIDA GAUTAM I used to work in home health, and (patients) usually wait until the family is gone, and then they g... BEVERLY MALONEY I think public awareness of how good vaccines are for kids and how they are good for public health i... RAND PAUL But, for a Christian, there are, strictly speaking, no chances. A secret Master of the Ceremonies ha... C.S. LEWIS We do this basically for ourselves. People appreciate it, which is cool, but I think they appreciate... JAMES HETFIELD Thanks to health reform, women across the country with private insurance can get birth control witho... ANN MCLANE KUSTER It is a question of whether children should have to pay the price for their parents' choices. Childr... DIANE ROWLAND The whole employee benefits field, and health insurance specifically, is an area in which you will n... LEE BETHEL Those who live in the country get idiotic in time, without noticing it, for a while they think it's ... THOMAS BERNHARD To have a pet in the family is to invite good health into your lives.It brings happiness to all and ... GARY F EVANS... The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do wh... MARK TWAIN The idea that somehow you're going to tax the 'rich' enough to pay for quality health ca... SUSAN ESTRICH The whole focus is not losing weight and becoming less of who you are, as it is gaining health and g... ALOHA KISHINAMI There was no Jace Wayland more real than the one he saw in her eyes when she looked at him. CASSANDRA CLARE But that is what these people do - the Steves of this world - they all try and make something out of... NATHAN FILER People want economy and they will pay any price to get it. LEE IACOCCA It's really wonderful that it's the whole franchise being recognized and it's a collecti... DAVID HEYMAN Everything you want in life has a price connected to it. There's a price to pay if you want to make ... HARRY BROWNE That's the refreshing part about it. This is someone who has gone to work every day for 1,400 games ... DENNIS SCOTT They are the difference between (local) care and going for a lengthy drive, ... The challenge is how... RICHARD BURR The governor is focused on what families in Wisconsin are focused on, which is how they afford their... MELANIE FONDER I'm really totally convinced, and I can't predict the time frame, but someday these cartoonists, lik... BRIAN WALKER There are too many Americans that are without basic health insurance. And those that do have it are ... MIKE LEAVITT
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