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The poorest parts of the world are by and large the places in which one can best view the worst of medicine and not because doctors in these countries have different ideas about what constitutes modern medicine. It's the system and its limitations that are to blame. ↗

— Paul Farmer

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Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written. ↗

— Arthur Helps

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A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling 'Stop!' ↗

— William F. Buckley, Jr.

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Haiti is always talking about decentralization and nothing has been so obvious, perhaps a weakness, as the centralized nature of Haitian society as being revealed by the earthquake. I mean, they lost all these medical training programs because they didn't have them anywhere else. ↗

— Paul Farmer

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I can't think of a better model for Haiti rebuilding than Rwanda. ↗

— Paul Farmer

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Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners. ↗

— Dale Carnegie

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Back in the thirties we were told we must collectivize the nation because the people were so poor. Now we are told we must collectivize the nation because the people are so rich. ↗

— William F. Buckley, Jr.

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We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice. ↗

— Arthur Helps

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I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would affront your intelligence. ↗

— William F. Buckley, Jr.

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I mean we grew up in a TB bus and I became a TB doctor. ↗

— Paul Farmer

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