Jane Brody Quotes

• Real luxury is time and opportunity to read for pleasure

  Jane Brody

  Real, Reading, Opportunity

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• Reverse the typical American meal pattern and instead eat like a king for breakfast, a prince for lunch and a pauper for supper.

  Jane Brody

  Kings, Lunch, Typical

  Jane E. Brody (1982). “Jane Brody's The New York times guide to personal health”, Times Books(NY)

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• Contrary to what some parents might believe or hope for, children are not born a blank slate. Rather, they come into the world with predetermined abilities, proclivities and temperaments that nurturing parents may be able to foster or modify, but can rarely reverse.

  Jane Brody

  Children, Believe, Adoption

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• Turn your midlife crisis to your own advantage by making it a time for renewal of your body and mind, rather than stand by helplessly and watch them decline.

  Jane Brody

  Mind, Watches, Midlife

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• Do your homework and keep good files. Know the background and biases of your sources.

  Jane Brody

  Homework, Source, Backgrounds

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• In 1966 the ACS formulated a State Model Cancer Act which was instrumental in the enactment of anti-quackery laws now enforced in 9 states...In California (it is a) felony...The use of unproven methods is also a criminal offense in Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.

  Jane Brody

  Cancer, Dark, Illinois

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• [On her father's death:] Gone was the person who had known me better than anyone else on earth and who had loved and admired me unconditionally since the day I was born.

  Jane Brody

  Father, Gone, Earth

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• Dr. [Paula] Menyuk and her co-workers [at Boston University's School of Education] found that parents who supplied babies with a steady stream of information were not necessarily helpful. Rather, early, rich language skills were more likely to develop when parents provided lots of opportunities for their infants and toddlers to "talk" and when parents listened and responded to the babies' communications.

  Jane Brody

  Baby, Communication, School

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