Parkinson Quotes - Page 4

• I mean, is 'fat' really the worst thing a human being can be? Is 'fat' worse than 'vindictive', 'jealous', 'shallow', 'vain', 'boring' or 'cruel'? Not to me I'd rather [my daughters] were independent, interesting, idealistic, kind, opinionated, original, funny - a thousand things, before 'thin'. Let my girls be Hermiones, rather than Pansy Parkinsons.

  J. K. Rowling

  Girl, Daughter, Mean

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• No boxer in the history of boxing has had Parkinson's. There's no injury in my brain that suggests that the illness came from boxing.

  Muhammad Ali

  Boxing, Brain, Boxers

  "Oprah Talks to Muhammad Ali". Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. June 2001.

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• Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.

  Josh Billings

  Motivational, Health, Ideas

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• You get the health benefits of coffee up through about the first twenty-four ounces. It's the biggest source of antioxidants for Americans, and we think it helps prevent Alzheimer's and Parkinson's as well.

  Mehmet Oz

  Coffee, Thinking, Alzheimer's

  "16 Quick Questions for Dr. Oz" by Mehmet Oz and Joel Harper, www.esquire.com. October 4, 2007.

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• The secret of learning to be sick is this: Illness doesn't make you less of what you were. You are still you.

  Tony Snow

  Sick, Secret, Illness

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• Our intention is not to create cloned human beings, but rather to make lifesaving therapies for a wide range of human disease conditions, including diabetes, strokes, cancer, AIDS, and neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease.

  Robert Lanza

  Cancer, Alzheimer's, Disease

  "Company behind the clones: Advanced Cell Technology" by Porter Anderson, www.cnn.com. November 25, 2001.

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• Let my girls be Hermiones, rather than Pansy Parkinsons.

  J. K. Rowling

  Girl, Two Daughters, Hermione

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• It seems The Journal of Neurology reports that the longer you smoke, the less likely you are to develop Parkinson's disease. So what are they telling us? Follow me guys. Remember, a couple of months ago, doctors said drinking a glass of alcohol every day was good for your heart. Smoking prevents Parkinson's disease. Marijuana is good for glaucoma. Sex is good for your prostate. You know, screw health care. Let's party!

  Jay Leno

  Sex, Couple, Party

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• I've got two daughters who will have to make their way in this skinny-obsessed world, and it worries me, because I don't want them to be empty-headed, self-obsessed, emaciated clones; I'd rather they were independent, interesting, idealistic, kind, opinionated, original, funny – a thousand things, before 'thin'. And frankly, I'd rather they didn't give a gust of stinking chihuahua flatulence whether the woman standing next to them has fleshier knees than they do. Let my girls be Hermiones, rather than Pansy Parkinsons. Let them never be Stupid Girls.

  J. K. Rowling

  Girl, Daughter, Stupid

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• I discovered that I was part of a Parkinson's community with similar experiences and similar questions that I'd been dealing with alone.

  Michael J. Fox

  Community, Parkinson's

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