“There is already something like a Jewish monopoly in high finance... here is the same element of Jewish monopoly in the silver trade, and in the control of various other metals, notably lead, nickel, quicksilver. What is most disquieting of all, this tendency to monopoly is spreading like a disease.” DiseaseElementsTradeJewVariousTendenciesFinanceSilverMetalsMonopolyNickels Author:Hilaire Belloc
“I love it [a career as an actor] to bits, but it's highly bizarre, especially when you're playing a psychopathic rapist with various diseases.” ActorsBitsCareersDiseaseVariousBizarrePsychopathic Author:David Oakes
“I see Professionalism as a spreading disease of the present-day world, a sort of poly-oligarchy by which various groups (subway conductors, social workers, bricklayers) can bring things to a halt if their particular demands are not met. (Meanwhile, the irrelevance of each profession increases, in proportion to its increasing rigidity.) Such lucky groups demand more in each go-round - but meantime, the number who are permanently unemployed grows and grows.” IfsWorldSocialGrowsNumbersGroupsParticularMetsLuckyDemandDiseaseIncreaseWorkersRoundsVariousProfessionProportionHaltUnemployedSubwayProfessionalismPresent DayConductorSocial WorkerRigidityOligarchyIrrelevanceBricklayers Author:Ted Nelson
“I dont often meet people who want to suffer cardiovascular disease or whatever, and we get those things as a result of the lifelong accumulation of various types of molecular and cellular damage.” PeopleWantSufferingResultsTypeDiseaseVariousDamageLifelongAccumulationCellularCardiovascularCardiovascular Disease Author:Aubrey de Grey
“I don't measure success in numbers, but I consider my contributions of more than $1.3 billion to various causes over the years to be one of my proudest accomplishments and the best investment I've ever made. Those dollars have improved lives, saved species, fought disease, educated children, inspired change, challenged ideas and opened minds; at the time of my death, virtually all of my wealth will have gone to charity.” YearsMindChildrenMadeIdeasCausesWealthNumbersGoneDiseaseDollarsCharityInvestmentSpeciesInspiredVariousBillionsSavedEducatedAccomplishmentContributionMeasure Of SuccessBest Investment Author:Ted Turner
“In vegetables and fruits, God has infused medicinal power to help in overcoming disease. Even these, however, have but a limited potency. The organs of the body are essentially sustained by the energy of God, and the person who employs various methods to increase this energy will have at his command a greater power for healing than is afforded by any medicine or diet.” PersonsHelpingBodyEnergyHealingGreaterDiseaseOvercomingIncreaseMethodMedicineFruitVariousCommandDietsVegetablesOrgansPotencyGreater Power Author:Paramahansa Yogananda
“The Mongols consumed a steady diet of meat, milk, yogurt, and other dairy products, and they fought men who lived on gruel made from various grains. The grain diet of the peasant warriors stunted their bones, rotted their teeth, and left them weak and prone to disease. In contrast, the poorest Mongol soldier ate mostly protein, thereby giving him strong teeth and bones.” MenGivingMadeLeftStrongProductsDiseaseWeakSoldierVariousBonesTeethWarriorMeatDietsSteadyMilkContrastGrainConsumedPeasantsPoorestProteinDairyYogurtMongolsDairy Products Book:Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World Source: Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
“There is a social contract in "Fight Club" and in "Choke" where the protagonist has deceived a whole bunch of people. In "Choke" it's all of these people who think that they've saved his life, and really care about him because they've embraced him and they've been his saviors. In "Fight Club" it's all of these people who are dying of various diseases, and they thought that Edward Norton was also dying so they allowed him really strong pent-up emotions.” PeopleThinkingWholeCareFightingStrongSocialEmotionDyingDiseaseVariousClubsSavedBunchContractsSaviorDeceivedChokeProtagonistsSocial ContractPeople Who Are Dying Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“Read a textbook. It will tell you. These are the things for instance on the African continent that will contribute to immune deficiency, various tropical diseases because of poor infrastructure, general levels of poverty don’t get treated. Syphilis untreated or not properly treated, which as it happens is a big problem as I hear, gets treated, the symptoms disappear but in fact… it … that impacts on the immune system. You’ve got to deal with these things.” IfsFactsProblemBigsPoorLevelsDealsPovertyDiseaseImpactVariousDisappearTreatedInstanceNutritionContinentsSymptomsInfrastructureImmuneTextbooksDeficiencyBig ProblemsImmune SystemTropicalSyphilisPoor HealthAfrican Continent Author:Thabo Mbeki