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“Diseases don’t ruin lives just because they rot off noses. They destroy people if the rest of society isolates them and treats them as undeserving of help and respect.”
― Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
― Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
“I know most people try hard
to do good and find out too late
they should have tried softer.”
― You Better Be Lightning
to do good and find out too late
they should have tried softer.”
― You Better Be Lightning
“A crisis is made by men, who enter into the crisis with their own prejudices, propensities, and predispositions. A crisis is the sum of intuition and blind spots, a blend of facts noted and facts ignored.”
― The Andromeda Strain
― The Andromeda Strain
“The American Negro is a unique creation; he has no counterpart anywhere, and no predecessors.”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
“It is telling that, historically, quarantines extended primarily to those who had less wealth, power, and social clout.”
― Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
― Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
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