"The United States government approaches patient choice in……" — Virginia Postrel
"The United States government approaches patient choice in medication as Singapore does free speech: its pronouncements sound reasonable and tolerant until you threaten its prerogatives."
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80 Quotes by Virginia Postrel
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Glamour is all about transcending this world and getting to an idealized, perfect place.
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Glamour is translucent — not transparent, not opaque. It invites us into the world but it doesn’t give us a…
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Aesthetics has become too important to be left to the aesthetes. To succeed, hard-nosed engineers, real estate developers, and MBAs…
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The glamour of air travel - its aspirational meaning in the public imagination - disappeared before its luxury did, dissipating…
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Glamour doesn’t just happen, people don’t wake up in the morning glamorous.
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European nations began World War I with a glamorous vision of war, only to be psychologically shattered by the realities…
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At the simplest level, only people who know they do not know everything will be curious enough to find things…
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Dialysis does not make patients well. It simply postpones their deaths.
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Kidney disease is a low-profile, unglamorous problem, a disease that disproportionately strikes minorities and the poor. Its celebrity spokesman is…
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The intimate contest for self-command never ends, and lifetime happiness requires finding the right balance between present impulses and future…
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We know we need bosses and deadlines to help us get work done. But sometimes we can also use an…
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As a general rule, durable-goods production tends to be the most volatile sector of the economy. Since people usually have…
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More Approaches Quotes
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Nature is a temple in which living columns sometimes emit confused words. Man approaches it through forests of symbols, which…
— Charles Baudelaire
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Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.
— William F. Buckley, Jr.
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Today, hundreds of millions dwell in freedom, from the Baltic to the Adriatic, from the Western Approaches to the Aegean.…
— David Cameron
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What Churchill described as the twin marauders of war and tyranny have been almost entirely banished from our continent. Today,…
— David Cameron
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As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.
— Chanakya
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Prudence approaches, conscience accuses.
— Immanuel Kant
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There is little man has made that approaches anything in nature, but a sailing ship does. There is not much…
— Alan Villiers
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The reply is, that one ought to be both feared and loved, but as it is difficult for the two…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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As the child approaches a new text he is entitled to an introduction so that when he reads, the gist…
— Marie Clay
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Flowers never emit so sweet and strong a fragrance as before a storm. When a storm approaches thee, be as…
— Jean Paul
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Pale death approaches with equal step, and knocks indiscriminately at the door of teh cottage, and the portals of the…
— Horace
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If you fall in love with an idea, you won't see the merits of alternative approaches-and will probably miss an…
— Roger von Oech
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