- Blessing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hospital Quotes
Memories from the ward.
These quotes speak to hospitals as places tied to both crisis and care, from a birth induction to years of managing a chronic condition afterward. Related reading includes Being quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
At West Point, we first lived in Central Apartments in a third-floor walk-up next to the hospital where my father worked. My two younger brothers and I shared one big bedroom, and my parents had a tiny one.
- Daily
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of my friends were gay, so I was spat on on the bus daily, and I ended up in hospital a couple of times from being beaten up so badly.
- Different
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to several different grade schools all over the West Coast. I got polio when I was 8 and spent eight months in the hospital and a rehab clinic in Seattle.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
All I could think of was we were about to start filming for the last final weeks of the TV show and here I am in the hospital, so I missed the final weeks, and a couple days later, sore stomach and all I got on the horse we started filming.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me being me, I put the numbers from my hospital's website from my tumor sizes into a spreadsheet.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ever tried to get sleep in a hospital? Ever wonder if anyone even taught them what care is? Some hospitals are great, but some sure aren't.
- Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father brought a basketball to the hospital when I was born, and he already had it embedded in his head that I would be a ball player.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I actually had a job while I was acting and was a nursing student, which I had to drop due to my 9-5 job at the time. I managed an instrument room at a hospital in the Bronx.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of us would never consider getting our car repaired without first receiving an estimate of the charges, but this is exactly what we do when we need to go to a hospital for treatment.
- Leave
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Alabama, when you come out of the hospital, they have to stamp your birth certificate with either Alabama or Auburn, or you don't leave.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to show people that the hospital does have its moments. The hospital is just a place, and even though it does have fluorescent lighting and white walls, it doesn't have to be a miserable experience.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020