#unnecessary

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

I suppose I've always carried what is regarded as a bit of unnecessary baggage in Britain. I've always carried the charge that I am an intellectual in politics. ↗

— Chris Patten

#am #baggage #bit #britain #carried

Hitherto I have courted Truth with a kind of Romantick Passion, in spite of all Difficulties and Discouragements: for knowledge is thought so unnecessary an Accomplishment for a Woman, that few will give themselves the Trouble to assist us in the Attainment of it. ↗

— Mary Astell

#assist #attainment #courted #difficulties #discouragements

I sort of leave the character at the end of the day. I don't carry anything around with me - no excess baggage or unnecessary thoughts. I think it's too exhausting to do that. To put things into perspective - your work is your work, and your leisure time is something else. ↗

— Sean Bean

#around #baggage #carry #character #day

I love the semicolon; it's unnecessary, but graceful and sophisticated. ↗

— Brian P. Cleary

#i #i love #love #sophisticated #unnecessary

There is a great deal of political pressure to only talk about abstinence, and to deny support for condoms and education on using them. This policy will lead to the unnecessary deaths of many people. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#abstinence #condoms #deal #deaths #deny

Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities. ↗

— Mark Twain

#limitless #multiplication #necessities #unnecessary