“I've been broke more than I've been rich. I like being in the middle way better.” Quote by Reagan Gomez-Preston
“I like being able to put out my own content instead of just going from audition to audition and just waiting and hoping.” AbleWaitingMy OwnAuditionsWaiting And Hoping Author:Reagan Gomez-Preston
“I think the biggest lesson that I've learned is that no one owes you anything. It doesn't matter if you've worked with this person, or you have a piece of work that you think is great. It doesn't mean they're going to agree with you and give you money to do it.” IfsThinkingGivingMeanPersonsMatterPiecesLessonsAgreeI've Learned Author:Reagan Gomez-Preston
“Sometimes you have to sacrifice because you see what the end goal is. When you have a dream and you want to get it done, you can't wait on other people.” PeopleWantEndsSometimesDoneDreamWaitingGoalSacrificeGet It Done Author:Reagan Gomez-Preston
“I don't think people ever were free of fear of death, but clinging to life and being so unprepared for it is a modern experience.” PeopleThinkingModernFear Of DeathClingingUnprepared Author:Katy Butler
“We offer such false hopes to people that every medical problem can be fixed even when you're starting to deal with an 80- or a 90-year-old body that is breaking down in multiple ways and doesn't have that resilience. And so it doesn't surprise me that someone who is completely unprepared for death may say, "Doc, do everything."” PeopleWayYearsMayProblemBodyDealsOffersSurpriseStartingResilienceMedicalFixedMultipleBreaking DownSurprise MeUnpreparedFalse HopeMedical Problems Author:Katy Butler
“I've heard doctors say that before the crisis hits, people don't want prolonged measures, but then in the middle of the crisis they want everything.” PeopleWantHeardMiddleDoctorsCrisis Author:Katy Butler
“I think it's very interesting that [doctors] privilege the self that is saying, "I don't want to die," but want to discount the self that said, "I want to allow natural death in such a situation."” ThinkingWantSaidSelfDiesNaturalInterestingSituationDoctorsPrivilegeVery InterestingWanting To DieDiscountsNatural Death Author:Katy Butler
“Attempting to grapple with improving end-of-life care is a political third rail.” EndsCarePoliticalThirdsImprovingAttemptingRailEnd Of Life Author:Katy Butler
“Almost anyone you talk to will say, 'I don't want to die plugged into machines.” WantDiesMachinesWanting To Die Author:Katy Butler
“Let's spend less on trying to fix the unfixable in the last five years of life and spend more supporting people so that they can stay the least disabled as they possibly can, the most independent as they possibly can, and keep them at home.” PeopleTryingYearsHomeLastsFiveIndependentFive YearsDisabledYears Of LifeLast Five Years Author:Katy Butler