Syndromes Quotes

• But Gulf War Syndrome is not one cause, not one illness. It is many causes, many illnesses.

  Chris Shays

  War, Causes, Illness

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• There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.'

  Arthur Ashe

  Sports, Analysis, Paralysis

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• I have this helicopter crash, and I fall in love with this man who was in the crash with me. I must have been suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome.

  Christie Brinkley

  Falling In Love, Stress, Men

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I am actually in poor health due to chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome, and my ability to work is greatly diminished right now, so I have to get better before I can start another big project

  Laura Hillenbrand

  Dysfunction, Get Better, Poor

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• Jerusalem Syndrome is actually a rare psychological condition that occurs to some visitors to the Middle East. They get to Israel and just snap.

  Marc Maron

  Easter, Israel, Middle East

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• The eye condition that I have is Marfan's Syndrome.

  Vincent Schiavelli

  Eye, Conditions

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• I have a condition called Aspergers Syndrome, which is like a mild form of autism It means I don't interact properly in certain social situations.

  Gary Numan

  Mean, Autism, Being Different

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• I think I ran so hard and so fast, in a lot of ways, from my life and I kind of took a fall. It was like - what do they call it? - post-traumatic stress syndrome.

  Rose McGowan

  Stress, Fall, Thinking

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• The name of my condition is Cartilage Hair Syndrome Hypoplasia, but you can just call me Billy.

  Billy Barty

  Hair, Names, Call Me

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• My sister and I are both diagnosed with second-hand smoke syndromes. We have never smoked, but we grew up with second-hand smoke our entire lives.

  Loni Anderson

  Hands, My Sister, Grew Up

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• I think I'm so old I'm in. We call it the 'Tony Bennett Syndrome.' For some reason, young people think I'm cool.

  Bill Kurtis

  Thinking, People, Reason

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• See, even despite pious statements to the contrary, much of the industrialized world has not yet come to terms with the recognition of the fallacy of what I call the strong man syndrome.

  Wole Soyinka

  Strong, Men, World

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• I'm sort of obsessed with the news. That is a syndrome. But I don't watch a whole lot of TV.

  Sam Waterston

  News, Tvs, Watches

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• Having Down syndrome is like being born normal. I am just like you and you are just like me. We are all born in different ways, that is the way I can describe it. I have a normal life.

  Chris Burke

  Different, Way, Normal

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• I heard my name associated with the Peter Pan syndrome more than once. But really, what's so wrong with Peter Pan? Peter Pan flies. He is a metaphor for dreams and faith.

  Mark Burnett

  Dream, Names, Metaphor

  Mark Burnett (2001). “Dare to Succeed: How to Survive and Thrive in the Game of Life”, Hyperion

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• Often as a child you see someone with a learning disability or Down's Syndrome and my mum and dad were always very quick to explain exactly what was going on and to be in their own way inclusive and welcoming.

  Christopher Eccleston

  Children, Dad, Way

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• This syndrome, SARS, is now a worldwide health threat... The world needs to work together to find its cause, cure the sick and stop its spread.

  Gro Harlem Brundtland

  Sick, Working Together, Needs

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• I mean, they call it Stockholm Syndrome and post traumatic stress disorder. And, you know, I had no free will. I had virtually no free will until I was separated from them for about two weeks.

  Patty Hearst

  Stress, Mean, Two

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• Don't fall victim to what I call the ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome. You must be willing to fire.

  George S. Patton

  Fall, Fire, Decisions You Make

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• I have Tourettes syndrome.

  Richard Paul Evans

  Tourettes

  Richard Paul Evans (2012). “Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

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• Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. Don't fall victim to what I call the 'ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome'. You must be willing to fire.

  T. Boone Pickens

  Life, Leadership, Fall

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• This medical device gives doctors a new option for treating twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. It can help prolong the mother's pregnancy and improve the odds of survival, with reduced complications, for one or both twins.

  Daniel Schultz

  Mother, Pregnancy, Doctors

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• A woman spent all Christmas Day in a telephone box without ringing anyone. If someone comes to phone, she leaves the box, then resumes her place afterwards. No one calls her either, but from a window in the street, someone watched her all day, no doubt since they had nothing better to do. The Christmas syndrome.

  Jean Baudrillard

  Christmas, Phones, Doubt

  Jean Baudrillard (1990). “Cool Memories”, p.132, Verso

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• I see people with Asperger's syndrome as a bright thread in the rich tapestry of life.

  Tony Attwood

  Inspiring, People, Autism

  Tony Attwood (2006). “The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome”, p.345, Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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• Savant syndrome is not a disorder in the same way as autism is a disorder or dementia is a disorder. Savant syndrome are some conditions that are superimposed and grafted on to some underlying disability. So savant syndrome is not a disease or disorder in and of itself. It is a collection of characteristics, or symptoms, or behaviors that have grafted on to the underlying disability.

  Darold Treffert

  Autism, Disease, Way

  "Conversations on Creativity with Darold Treffert, Part I: De". Interview with Scott Barry Kaufman, www.psychologytoday.com. April 11, 2011.

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