#surge

I had six silly tattoos done when I was young and I bitterly regret them. I've thought about laser surgery, but that leaves a scar, so I'm just leaving them. ↗

— Andre Benjamin

#bitterly #done #had #i #just

With no other security forces on hand, U.S. military was left to confront, almost alone, an Iraqi insurgency and a crime rate that grew worse throughout the year, waged in part by soldiers of the disbanded army and in part by criminals who were released from prison. ↗

— John Spratt

#alone #army #confront #crime #crime rate

When Medicare was first enacted in 1965, it provided coverage for hospitalization, doctor visits and surgeries, but there was no coverage for prescription medications. ↗

— Michael Burgess

#doctor #enacted #first #medicare #medications

Thank goodness women aren’t as superficial as men. Where would a guy like me be if all women cared about were looks? The plastic surgeon’s office, that’s where. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#male-beauty #men #plastic-surgeon #plastic-surgery #ugly

At least a third of a woman's life is marked with aging; about a third of her body is made of fat. Both symbols are being transformed into operable condition--so that women will only feel healthy if we are two thirds of the women we could be. How can an "ideal" be about women if it is defined as how much of a female sexual characteristic does not show on her body, and how much of a female life does not show on her face? ↗

— Naomi Wolf

#aging #beauty #body-image #cosmetic-surgery #cosmetics

On the red carpet, I saw all these great stories, and I also got to see the plastic surgery up close. ↗

— Steven Cojocaru

#carpet #close #got #great #i

The presence of American troops is fueling the insurgency in Iraq, as acknowledged by General Casey and numerous other experts, and is helping terrorist recruiters build their numbers across the globe. ↗

— John Conyers

#across #american #american troops #build #casey

Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.' ↗

— Nadia Giosia

#italian #like #old #rocket #saying

I met the surgeon general - he offered me a cigarette. ↗

— Rodney Dangerfield

#general #i #me #met #offered

I was never really sure what I wanted to do - I'm in awe of these people who knew at age 10 or 12 they wanted to be a brain surgeon, and they did it, and they still are. ↗

— Jerry Doyle

#awe #brain #did #i #knew