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- Nov 07, 2020
Illness Quotes
Facing sickness with clear eyes.
These illness quotes note that a diagnosis like AIDS is now manageable as a Chronic condition rather than a death sentence, alongside a quieter line about using words to master an illness rather than be ruled by it.
- Last Updated on Aug 01, 2026
- Grace
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- Nov 07, 2020
Illness has always brought me nearer to a state of grace.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
AIDS today is not a death sentence. It can be treated as a chronic illness, or a chronic disease.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
Words can make the illness a subject I can master, and not one that one simply emotes over.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a serious childhood illness - sort of like spinal meningitis - that led to a three-month hospitalization. Afterward, I couldn't be insured because of a pre-existing condition.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never imagined while going through this horrifying illness that I would write a book or that it could ever be a movie.
- Impossible
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is impossible to insure that there is a zero percent chance of any kind of foodborne illness anytime anyone eats anywhere.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every time the DSM prepares for a new edition, there are countless groups lobbying to get their particular mental illness recognized by the diagnostic manual. Surely, this is a social and cultural phenomenon.
- Confusion
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- Nov 07, 2020
People, unprotected by their roles, become isolated in beauty and intellect and illness and confusion.
- Patient
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- Nov 07, 2020
While deficits are often inflationary and always pernicious, curing them by raising taxes is equivalent to curing an illness by shooting the patient.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We saw in 2003 the beginnings of an outbreak of an illness called SARS. SARS ended up killing 800 people which is a significant number of deaths, but nowhere near as high as it could have been.
- Happens
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- Nov 07, 2020
It always sucks to have to cancel a show because of illness, but unfortunately it sometimes happens.
- Genius
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- Nov 07, 2020
Depression is an illness. It is not a ticket to genius. It is not an interesting personality quirk. It is horrible and all-consuming and really hurts.
- Others
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- Nov 07, 2020
My biggest excuse to others and myself was that I had writer's block, as if it was some kind of illness.
- Mental Illness
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- Nov 07, 2020