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> [I'm not an austere person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-farmer/i-m-not-an-austere-person/)

[Paul Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-farmer/)

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## More by Paul Farmer

> [If you look at people who seek a lot of care in American cities for multiple illnesses, it's usually people with a number of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-farmer/if-you-look-at-people-who-seek-a-lot-of-care-in-american-cities-for/)

[Paul Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-farmer/)

> [It is very expensive to give bad medical care to poor people in a rich country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-farmer/it-is-very-expensive-to-give-bad-medical-care-to-poor-people-in-a/)

[Paul Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-farmer/)

> [The idea that because you're born in Haiti you could die having a child. The idea that because you're born in you know Malawi…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-farmer/the-idea-that-because-you-re-born-in-haiti-you-could-die-having-a/)

[Paul Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-farmer/)

> [I critique market-based medicine not because I haven't seen its heights but because I've seen its depths.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-farmer/i-critique-market-based-medicine-not-because-i-haven-t-seen-its/)

[Paul Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-farmer/)

> [With rare exceptions, all of your most important achievements on this planet will come from working with others- or, in a word, partnership.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-farmer/with-rare-exceptions-all-of-your-most-important-achievements-on-this/)

[Paul Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-farmer/)

> [The poorest parts of the world are by and large the places in which one can best view the worst of medicine and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-farmer/the-poorest-parts-of-the-world-are-by-and-large-the-places-in-which/)

[Paul Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-farmer/)

> [One of the things we have to acknowledge is that if you look at Haiti, many billions of dollars have gone into development aid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-farmer/one-of-the-things-we-have-to-acknowledge-is-that-if-you-look-at-haiti/)

[Paul Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-farmer/)

> [I feel it's part of my job to make the problems of the poor compelling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-farmer/i-feel-it-s-part-of-my-job-to-make-the-problems-of-the-poor-compelling/)

[Paul Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-farmer/)

> [I can't think of a better model for Haiti rebuilding than Rwanda.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-farmer/i-can-t-think-of-a-better-model-for-haiti-rebuilding-than-rwanda/)

[Paul Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-farmer/)

> [But as for activism, my parents did what they could, given the constraints, but were never involved in the causes I think of when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-farmer/but-as-for-activism-my-parents-did-what-they-could-given-the/)

[Paul Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-farmer/)

> [What I can argue is that no one should have to die of a disease that is treatable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-farmer/what-i-can-argue-is-that-no-one-should-have-to-die-of-a-disease-that/)

[Paul Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-farmer/)

> [I'm not an austere person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-farmer/i-m-not-an-austere-person/)

[Paul Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-farmer/)

> [Again, conventional Catholicism does not much appeal to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-farmer/again-conventional-catholicism-does-not-much-appeal-to-me/)

[Paul Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-farmer/)

> [I would say that, intellectually, Catholicism had no more impact on me than did social theory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-farmer/i-would-say-that-intellectually-catholicism-had-no-more-impact-on-me/)

[Paul Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-farmer/)

> [I think we will see better vaccines within the next 15 years, but I'm not a scientist and am focused on the short-term -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-farmer/i-think-we-will-see-better-vaccines-within-the-next-15-years-but-i-m/)

[Paul Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-farmer/)

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