#crue

And it was back in the mid-1980s, and as I point out in a piece, that was when we are spending about eight percent of our gross domestic product on health care. And even then, we had the impression that so much of the excessive, aggressive medical treatment that took place at the end of life was not only unnecessary but it was cruel. ↗

— Richard Dooling

#aggressive #back #care #cruel #domestic

Everything starts with yourself, with you making up your mind about what you're going to do with your life. I tell kids that it's a cruel world, and that the world will bend them either left or right, and it's up to them to decide which way to bend. ↗

— Tony Dorsett

#bend #cruel #decide #either #everything

Scotsmen are metaphisical and emotional, they are sceptical and mystical, they are romantic and ironic, they are cruel and tender, and full of mirth and despair. ↗

— William Dunbar

#despair #emotional #full #ironic #mirth

The mad, cruel, and accursed American war. ↗

— Lord George Gordon

#american #cruel #mad #war

It's not cruelty, maybe, but a desire to understand that motivates them. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#cruelty #honesty #motivational

Beware the ends of the earth and the exotic: the drama is on your doorstep wherever the slums; are, wherever there is malnutrition, wherever there is exploitation and cruelty. ↗

— John Grierson

#cruelty #doorstep #drama #earth #ends

If a servant strives to please his master and studies and takes pains to do it, I believe there are but few masters who would use such a servant cruelly. ↗

— Jupiter Hammon

#cruelly #few #his #i #i believe