Don't defy the diagnosis, try to defy the verdict. - Norman Cousins - Quotesmemo.com

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Norman Cousins

Don't defy the diagnosis, try to defy the verdict.

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The greatest force in the human body is the natural drive of the body to heal itself - but that force in not independent of the belief system. Everything begins with belief. What we believe is the most powerful option of all.

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Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.

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If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality.

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On the quality of life: #1. Realize that each human being has a built-in capacity for recuperation and repair. #2. Recognize that the quality of life is all-important. #3. Assume responsibility for the quality of your own life. #4. Nurture the regenerative and restorative forces within you. #5. Utilize laughter to create a mood in which the other positive emotions can be put to work for yourself and those around you. #6. Develop confidence and ability to feel love, hope and faith, and acquire a strong will to live.

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People are never more insecure than when they become obsessed with their fears at the expense of their dreams.

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Provoke the unexpected. Expect it.

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I love Rambo but I think it's potentially a very dangerous movie. It changes history in a frightening way.

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I consider myself to be a man of principle. But, what man does not? Even the cutthroat, I have noticed, considers his actions "moral" after a fashion. Perhaps another person, reading of my life, would name me a religious tyrant. He could call me arrogant. What is to make that man's opinion any less valid than my own? I guess it all comes down to one fact: In the end, I'm the one with the armies.

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I remember a prominent conservative media figure, talking to him about prominent liberal media figures that he knew, that he liked. And I questioned him. "How can you trust these people? I mean, these are. . . " "No, no! They're good guys. In fact, one of them likes you, says you're not a hater. " And I was supposed to be thrilled to hear this!I was supposed to be mollified that some liberal media figure had just pronounced I was okay because, after he had listened to me, he had determined I wasn't a hater. I did not take that as a compliment, and I got kind of mad.

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