#out

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

There are some liberals eager to embrace a culture void of morals, but the majority of America is made up of honest, hard-working families who turned out in droves to protect the traditional way of life. ↗

— John Doolittle

#culture #droves #eager #embrace #families

Responsibility without power, the fate of the secretary through the ages. ↗

— Ariel Dorfman

#fate #power #responsibility #secretary #through

The job of the poet is to render the world - to see it and report it without loss, without perversion. No poet ever talks about feelings. Only sentimental people do. ↗

— Mark Van Doren

#ever #feelings #job #loss #only

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

I wake up at about 9 a.m., and have a few hours of school or time to relax. Then, I have practice at 2:30 p.m. with my team. ↗

— Gabby Douglas

#few #hours #i #practice #relax

Fame is as much about luck as it is about talent, perhaps more. ↗

— Kirk Douglas

#fame #luck #more #much #perhaps

The pitcher has to find out if the hitter is timid, and if he is timid, he has to remind the hitter he's timid. ↗

— Don Drysdale

#hitter #out #pitcher #remind #timid

Certain aspects of my personality are always going to come out on-screen. I guess that's just me - if they say I'm quirky, I'm quirky. It's better than being boring. ↗

— Zooey Deschanel

#aspects #being #better #boring #certain

Donna Mills came on the show as a female antagonist, about a year before, so now they wanted to have a male antagonist. I was cast as a Senator to shake things up. ↗

— William Devane

#antagonist #before #came #cast #donna