"The practice of executing such offenders is a relic of the past and is inconsistent with evolving standards of decency in a civilized society."
-John Paul Stevens
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"To make a coverage decision, doesn't one have to make a medical judgment?“
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"The government must pursue a course of complete neutrality toward religion."
-John Paul Stevens
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"I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
-Marilyn Monroe
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"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
-Robert Frost
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"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved."
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"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything."
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"A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running."
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"Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other."
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"My doctor gave me six months to live, but when I couldn't pay the bill he gave me six months more."
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"Jobs for every American is doomed to failure because of modern automation and production. We ought to recognize it and create an income-maintenance system so every single American has the dignity and the wherewithal for shelter, basic food, and medical care. I'm talking about welfare for all. Without it, you're going to have warfare for all."
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"When I went to the University, the medical school was the only place where one could hope to find the means to study life, its nature, its origins, and its ills."
-Albert Claude
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