I got very depressed. Hollywood can be a terrible place when youre depressed. The pits. I decided I had to change my life and do different things.
Throwing young people on the scrap heap is a public health emergency.
Health inequalities and the social determinants of health are not a footnote to the determinants of health. They are the main issue.
We have to put reduction of health inequalities at the centre of our public health strategy and that will require action on the social determinants of health.
Empowerment of individuals and communities is absolutely central. Getting the community involved in organising their own destiny has got to be a key part of it.
The lower you are in the hierarchy the worse your health, the higher you are, the better your health.
Low income is related to poorer housing, poorer diet, fewer social amenities, worse working conditions. (. . . ) After adjustment for age, sex, race, smoking, alcohol consumption, sleep habits, leisure-time physical activity, chest pain, diabetes, or cancer, there was still an increase risk of 1. 6 for those with inadequate incomes.
Sometimes the happiest ending isn't the one you keep longing for, but something you absolutely cannot see from where you are
Wickedness may prosper for awhile, but in the long run, he that sets all the knaves at work will pay them.
Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.
What kills us isn't one big thing, but thousands of tiny obligations we can't turn down for fear of disappointing others.