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Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Antoine de Saint-Exupery Writer, Aviator

"GOOD MORNING," said the little prince. "Good Morning," said the salesclerk. This was a salesclerk who sold pills invented to quench thirst. Swallow one a week and you no longer feel any need to drink. "Why do you sell these pills?" "They save so much time," the salesclerk said. "Experts have calculated that you can save fifty-three minutes a week." "And what do you do with those fifty-three minutes?" "Whatever you like." "If I had fifty-three minutes to spend as I liked," the little prince said to himself, "I'd walk very slowly toward a water fountain."

Conan O'Brien
Conan O'Brien Television Host, Comedian

"Scientists say they're getting closer to developing a pill to replace exercising. Americans heard this and said that it better come in cool ranch flavor."

Daniel Gilbert
Daniel Gilbert Businessman

"If someone offered you a pill that would make you permanently happy, you would be well advised to run fast and run far. Emotion is a compass that tells us what to do, and a compass that perpetually stuck on north is worthless."

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B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga Teacher
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"A yogi never forgets that health must begin with the body. . . .Physical health is not a commodity to be bargained for. Nor can it be swallowed in the form of drugs and pills. . . . It is something that we must build up. You have to create within yourself the experience of beauty, liberation, and infinity. This is health."

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Portia de Rossi Actress
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"The diet industry is making a lot of money selling us fad diets, nonfat foods full of chemicals, gym memberships, and pills while we lose a piece of our self-esteem every time we fail another diet or neglect to use the gym membership we could barely afford."

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Steven Morrissey Singer-Songwriter
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"I have an unswayable obsession with death. If there was a magical pill that one could take that would retire you from the world, I would take it."

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Geneen Roth Author
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"The truth is that it’s not about the weight. It’s never been about the weight. When a pill is discovered that allows people to eat whatever they want and not gain weight, the feelings and situations they turned to food to avoid will still be there and they will find other more inventive ways to numb themselves."

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Jo Brand Comedian, Writer
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"I went on the pill when I was 16, put on four stone... so that proved to be a very effective contraceptive."

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Natalie Portman Actress, Director, Producer
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"I get freaked out by pills. Everyone I know is always like, "I'm just going to take a Valium or an Ambien on the plane." But I can't do any of that stuff - it scares me."

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Arthur Schopenhauer Philosopher
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"There is only one healing force, and that is nature; in pills and ointments there is none. At most they can give the healing force of nature a hint about where there is something for it to do."

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Robin Williams Actor, Comedian
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"If there was a pill that allowed you to drink and not get drunk, an alcoholic would go "What happens if you take two?""

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Judie Brown Artist
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"We are totally opposed to abortion under any circumstances. We are also opposed to abortifacient drugs and chemicals like the pill and the IUD, and we are also opposed to all forms of birth control with the exception of natural family planning (the rhythm method)"

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