- Ascetic
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- Nov 07, 2020
Debilitating Quotes
A debilitating condition changes daily life, and these quotes speak to that reality with honesty. They cover the quiet devotion of caregivers to those with Alzheimer's, the hope that research offers families facing serious disease, a reclusive childhood shaped by a severe stutter, and the long-term reality of living with Crohn's disease. Each voice treats the struggle as real without asking for pity.
Compassion often shows up as Care, the steady presence families and friends offer through debilitating illness.
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- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
Part of what was in the ether all around me growing up, until I was between 19 and 20, was a terrible, debilitating stutter. It was part of what made me very reclusive as a kid.
- Antiquated
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have worked in the federal government and saw the debilitating effects of our antiquated civil service system on morale and results.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
No one understands the dysfunctions and debilitating impact of America's political system in the swamp better than Mark Melcher and Steve Soukup.
- Disease
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- Nov 07, 2020
For just a few dollars a dose, vaccines save lives and help reduce poverty. Unlike medical treatment, they provide a lifetime of protection from deadly and debilitating disease. They are safe and effective. They cut healthcare and treatment costs, reduce the number of hospital visits, and ensure healthier children, families and communities.
- Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
Stasis is something that has marked my life since I was a boy growing up in Pittsburgh with my mother. It was the natural state that we existed in. For one thing, she suffered from a debilitating depression throughout my childhood, and depression is nothing if not static.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
In today's world, it is shortsighted to think that infectious diseases cannot cross borders. By allowing developing countries access to generic drugs, we not only help improve health in those nations, we also help ourselves control these debilitating and often deadly diseases.
- Embryonic
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- Nov 07, 2020
More important is the fact that embryonic stem cell research could lead to new treatments and cures for the many Americans afflicted with life-threatening and debilitating diseases.
- Ascetic
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- Nov 07, 2020
No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures; no ascetic can be considered reliably sane.
- Process
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a debilitating process, working with the studios. With the length of time it takes for drafts and development deals, your enthusiasm is gone before you're ready to make the film.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have all witnessed, as well, family, friends, or medical workers who have chosen to provide years of loving care to persons who may suffer from Alzheimer's or other debilitating illnesses precisely because they are human persons, not because doing so instrumentally advances some other hidden objective.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
Millions of American families affected by debilitating diseases have new hope today after the U.S. House passed legislation to support potentially life-saving stem cell research.
- Disease
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have had Crohn's for about 19 years. It is a debilitating disease that affects my colon.
- Creation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have learned that trying to guess what the boss or the client wants is the most debilitating of all influences in the creation of good advertising.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm here. I'm not going anywhere. No matter what the injury - unless it's completely debilitating - I'm going to be the same player I've always been. I'll figure it out. I'll make some tweaks, some changes, but I'm still coming.
- Broken
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- Nov 07, 2020
Asylum is for people fleeing persecution, not those searching for a better job. Yet our broken system - with its debilitating court rulings, a crushing backlog, and gaping loopholes - allows illegal migrants to get into our country anyway and for whatever reason they want. This gaming of the system is unacceptable.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fear is the most debilitating emotion in the world, and it can keep you from ever truly knowing yourself and others - its adverse effects can no longer be overlooked or underestimated. Fear breeds hatred, and hatred has the power to destroy everything in its path.
- Embryonic Stem Cells
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- Nov 07, 2020