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Martin Luther Theologian
Doctors

"I do not deny that medicine is a gift of God, nor do I refuse to acknowledge science in the skill of many physicians; but, take the best of them, how far are they from perfection? A sound regimen produces excellent effects. When I feel indisposed, by observing a strict diet and going to bed early, I generally manage to get round again, that is, if I can keep my mind tolerably at rest. I have no objection to the doctors acting upon certain theories, but, at the same time, they must not expect us to be the slaves of their fancies."

Skills Doctors Healing
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Moliere Playwright, Actor
Doctors

"The general public is easy. You don't have to answer to anyone; and as long as you follow the rules of your profession, you needn't worry about the consequences. But the problem with the powerful and rich is that when they are sick, they really want their doctors to cure them."

Powerful Doctors Medicine
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Barack Obama Politician
Doctors

"And that means that no matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what."

Mean Doctors Keeping Promises
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Plato Philosopher
Doctors

"And we have made of ourselves living cesspools, and driven doctors to invent names for our diseases."

Names Doctors Health
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Pliny the Elder Naturalist, Author
Doctors

"There is alas no law against incompetency; no striking example is made. They learn by our bodily jeopardy and make experiments until the death of the patients, and the doctor is the only person not punished for murder."

Law Doctors Example
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Andrew Weil Author
Doctors

"As any doctor can tell you, the most crucial step toward healing is having the right diagnosis. If the disease is precisely identified, a good resolution is far more likely. Conversely, a bad diagnosis usually means a bad outcome, no matter how skilled the physician."

Mean Doctors Healing
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Anne Lamott Author, Essayist
Doctors

"I know that if I feel any deprivation or fear [about money], the solution is to give. The solution is to go find some mothers on the streets of San Raphael and give them tens and twenties and mail off another $50 to Doctors Without Borders to use for the refugees in Kosovo. Because I know that giving is the way we can feel abundant. Giving is the way that we fill ourselves up.... For me the way to fill up is through service and sharing and getting myself to give more than I feel comfortable giving."

Giving Mother Doctors
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Aristotle Philosopher
Doctors

"It is well said, then, that it is by doing just acts that the just man is produced, and by doing temperate acts the temperate man; without doing these no one would have even a prospect of becoming good. But most people do not do these, but take refuge in theory and think they are being philosophers and will become good in this way, behaving somewhat like patients who listen attentively to their doctors, but do none of the things they are ordered to do."

Thinking Men Doctors
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Andrew Saul Nutritionist
Doctors

"We need total health more than medically approved health. Our wellness should not be limited to our doctor's experience, but enhanced by our own experience."

Needs Doctors Wellness
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Andrew Saul Nutritionist
Doctors

"It's unreasonable to expect medical doctors and pharmaceutical companies to tell you how to avoid their services by trying the alternatives."

Trying Doctors Alternatives
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Woody Allen Director, Actor, Writer
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"Life is tough and it's tough whether you're famous or not famous. And in the end it's probably better to be famous because the perks are better. You get better seats at the basketball game, and you get better tables and reservations places. If I call a doctor on Saturday morning I can get him. There's a lot of things, indulgences that you don't get, if you're not famous. Now I'm not saying it's fair. But I can't say that I don't enjoy it."

Morning Basketball Doctors
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Vincent de Paul Saint, Priest
Doctors

"Remember, Monsieur, that Saint Augustine says that a person who does not obey the doctors is doing his best to kill himself."

Doe Wisdom Doctors
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Tony Robbins Author, Life Coach
Doctors

"Things happen in my physical body, in my relationships. I've buried three fathers and a mother. I've had a doctor tell me I've got a tumor in my brain. And when you face those situations, they transform you, they change you, and when you're able to break through them to a new level, they allow you to have gifts to give other people."

Mother Father Doctors
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Stan Lee Comic Book Writer, Editor
Doctors

"What did Doctor Doom really want? He wanted to rule the world. Now, think about this. You could walk across the street against a traffic light and get a summons for jaywalking, but you could walk up to a police officer and say "I want to rule the world," and there's nothing he can do about it, that is not a crime. Anybody can want to rule the world. So, even though he was the Fantastic Four's greatest menace, in my mind, he was never a criminal!"

Thinking Light Doctors
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Sylvia Plath Poet, Novelist
Doctors

"My best friends when I was young were always doctors. I used to dress up in a white gauze helmet and go round and see babies born and cadavers cut open. This fascinated me, but I could never bring myself to disciplining myself to the point where I could learn all the details that one has to learn to be a good doctor. This is the sort of opposition: somebody who deals directly with human experiences, is able to cure, to mend, to help, this sort of thing."

Cutting Baby Doctors
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Marcel Proust Novelist
Doctors

"Facts do not find their way into the world in which our beliefs reside; they did not produce our beliefs, they do not destroy them; they may inflict on them the most constant refutations without weakening them, and an avalanche of afflictions or ailments succeeding one another without interruption in a family will not make it doubt the goodness of its God or the talent of its doctor."

World Doubt Doctors
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