#sit

As obesity creeps into preschools, and hypertension and type II diabetes become pediatric problems for the very first time, the case for starting preventive health care in the cradle has become too compelling to keep ignoring. ↗

— Heidi Murkoff

#care #case #compelling #cradle #creeps

special thanks to Martha Sharpe and everyone at Anansi; to Mandy Barber, for the use of her stunning visual art; to Karen Mac Cormack, for her advice during the early stages of this project; and to David Bromige (weaver of radhats), for his enthusiasm which encouraged me to develop this piece into a book-length poem. ↗

— Darren Wershler-Henry

#cycle-of-defeat #gram-parsons #metalhead #parasite #punishment

It's more a tennis problem than a mental problem. The transition is difficult. It depends how much time you have. Playing on grass can sometimes be a bit of a lottery. ↗

— Rafael Nadal

#depends #difficult #grass #how #lottery

There's a lot of peer pressure to not do positive stories out of Iraq... I think there's a sense that the administration got a pass during the hot days of war and now that the war is over it's time to even out the deck somewhat. ↗

— Jerry Nachman

#days #deck #during #even #got

You know, a lot of things changed. What never changed is the illusion to keep playing tennis, the illusion to keep doing well the things, and the illusion to be in a good position of the ranking and play these kind of matches. ↗

— Rafael Nadal

#doing #good #illusion #keep #kind

The loneliness is when you pick up and move, even if you are not originally from that place, and you have some memories that you want to embrace. Having a life in transit, I feel like you are always looking out the back window. ↗

— Ajay Naidu

#back #embrace #even #feel #having

There is nothing to prove to anyone, just concentrate on your own needs. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#cosmic-ordering #law-of-attraction #mind-body-spirit #mind-power #money

I'd hesitated to have a wedding because my gay and lesbian friends don't have that right. ↗

— Kathy Najimy

#friends #gay #hesitated #i #lesbian

You don't manifest dreams without taking chances. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#cosmic-ordering #law-of-attraction #mind-body-spirit #mind-power #money

I'm angry that the private sector, which is supposed to be in charge of running gasoline into the Valley, doesn't have its act together to deal with a critical situation, so now the public sector has to step in. ↗

— Janet Napolitano

#angry #charge #critical #deal #gasoline