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• It would be rash to conclude that, on balance, the environment of the globe as a whole is either deteriorating or improving, or that the survival of the societies we know depends upon filling a simple set of prescriptions. It is all too complex and dynamic, whether it involves managing greenhouse gases or Nile snails... The future condition of the globe's interlocking natural and social systems depends more on human behavior than on the further investigation of natural processes, however desirable that may be.

  Gilbert F. White

  Simple, Survival, Environmental

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• Do we have a brain? Than use it. It's all you need to overcome a problem. That's the secret. That's my simple but powerful prescription for life, love, and success in a dangerous world.

  Benjamin Carson

  Powerful, Love Life, Simple

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• It's true that laughter really is cheap medicine. It's a prescription anyone can afford. And best of all, you can fill it right now.

  Steve Goodier

  Laughter, Medicine, Healthy

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• If the world is an aggregate of relatively independent regions, then any assumption of universal laws is false and a demand for universal norms tyrannical: only brute force (or seductive deception) can then bend the different moralities so that they fit the prescriptions of a single ethical system. And indeed, the idea of universal laws of nature and society arose in connection with a life-and-death battle: the battle that gave Zeus the power over the Titans and all other gods and thus turned his laws into the laws of the universe.

  Paul Feyerabend

  Independent, Ideas, Law

  "Farewell to Reason". Book by Paul Feyerabend, 1987.

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• From prescription, in the case of hypaethral edifices, open to the sky, in honor of Jupiter Lightning, the Heaven, the Sun, or the Moon: for these are gods whose semblances and manifestations we behold before our very eyes in the sky when it is cloudless and bright.

  Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

  Eye, Moon, Sky

  "De architectura". Book by Vitruvius. Book I, Chapter II, Section 5,

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• Propriety is that perfection of style which comes when a work is authoritatively constructed on approved principles. It arises from prescription, from usage, or from nature.

  Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

  Perfection, Style, Principles

  "The Ten Books On Architecture". Book I. Chapter II, Sec. 5, 15BC.

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• There are sure to be two prescriptions diametrically opposite.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Truth, Health, Opposites

  Henry David Thoreau (2014). “The Illustrated "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers"”, p.256, Princeton University Press

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• Italian hospitals are great. The doctor smoking in the emergency room will sign any prescription you ask for.

  Derrick Williams

  Italian, Doctors, Smoking

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• The greater the number of prescriptions, the more people's sense of personal responsibility dwindles.

  Hans Monderman

  Responsibility, Numbers, People

  "European Cities Do Away with Traffic Signs" by Matthias Schulz, www.spiegel.de. November 16, 2006.

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• The abuse of prescription pills is a real thing. I understand that there are people that really need them and I understand that there are people that abuse them, and it's just a gray line that unfortunately has to exist.

  Channing Tatum

  Real, People, Abuse

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

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• The fact is that a lot of the spending increases came during the Bush administration. Two unpaid for wars we got ourselves engaged in. A prescription drug plan that added enormous amounts to our spending, and the tax cuts at the high end that did not create jobs and create revenue coming.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Jobs, War, Cutting

  "Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Sen. John McCain on avoiding automatic spending cuts". "Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace", www.foxnews.com. February 10, 2013.

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• I don't believe in the scraping of stuff. Take the existing condition, offer up a diagnosis for what's wrong, and a prescription for making it work.

  Tim Gunn

  Believe, Stuff, Diagnosis

  Source: www.fanbolt.com

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• a problem that presents itself as a dilemma carries an unfortunate prescription: to argue instead of act.

  Elizabeth Janeway

  Arguing, Problem, Dilemma

  Elizabeth Janeway (1987). “Improper behavior”, William Morrow

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• If you cannot bear the silence and the darkness, do not go there; if you dislike black night and yawning chasms, never make them your profession. If you fear the sound of water hurrying through crevices toward unknown and mysterious destinations, do not consider it. Seek out the sunshine. It is a simple prescription. Avoid the darkness.

  Loren Eiseley

  Sunshine, Simple, Night

  Loren Eiseley (2016). “The Night Country: A Library of America eBook Classic”, p.17, Library of America

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• The accidental prescriptions of authority, when time has procured them veneration, are often confounded with the laws of nature, and those rules are supposed coeval with reason, of which the first rise cannot be discovered.

  Samuel Johnson

  Law, Firsts, Reason

  Samuel Johnson, Elizabeth Carter, Samuel Richardson, Catherine Talbot (1825). “The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752”, p.270

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• Prescription for Life-long Happiness: Purpose enough for satisfaction; Work enough for sustenance; Sanity enough to know when to play and rest; Wealth enough for basic needs; Affection enough to like many and love a few; Self-respect enough to love yourself; Charity enough to give to others in need; Courage enough to face difficulties; Creativity enough to solve problems; Humor enough to laugh at will; Hope enough to expect an interesting tomorrow; Gratitude enough to appreciate what you have; Health enough to enjoy life for all its worth.

  Ernie J Zelinski

  Inspirational, Gratitude, Love You

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• While I'm on foreign soil, I - I just don't feel that I should be speaking about differences with regards to myself and President Obama on foreign policy, either foreign policy of the past, or for foreign policy prescriptions.

  Mitt Romney

  Past, Differences, President

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• My glasses are from Cutler & Gross. They're not prescription: I just love wearing them. I used to wear Ray-Ban a lot and then I realised that a lot of the things I've started going for are a little bit more refined. I liked the fact that I was supporting a British brand, somebody I could have a relationship with and people that I could talk to.

  Tinie Tempah

  Glasses, People, Ray Bans

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• My prescription for writer's block is to face the fact that there is no such thing.... Writing well is difficult, but one can always write something. And then, with a lot of work, make it better. It's a question of having enough will and ambition, not of hoping to evade this mysterious hysteria people are always talking about.

  Thomas Mallon

  Block, Writing, Ambition

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• The presidential candidates are offering prescriptions for everything from Iraq to healthcare, but listen closely. Their fixes are situational and incremental. Meanwhile, the underlying structural problems in American politics and government are systemic and prevent us from solving our most intractable challenges.

  Larry Sabato

  Government, Offering, Iraq

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• The whole LSD, STP, marijuana, heroin, hashish, prescription cough medicine crowd suffers from the "Watchtower" itch: you gotta be with us, man, or you're out, you're dead. This pitch is a continual and seeming MUST with those who use the stuff. It's no wonder they keep getting busted.

  Charles Bukowski

  Marijuana, Men, Medicine

  Charles Bukowski (2013). “Tales of Ordinary Madness”, p.205, City Lights Books

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• He's on a mission of mercy to the new frontier, he's gonna check us all on out of here. Up to that mansion on a hill, where you can get your prescription filled.

  John Hiatt

  Hills, Mercy, Missions

  Song: Riding with the King

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• When Medicare was first enacted in 1965, it provided coverage for hospitalization, doctor visits and surgeries, but there was no coverage for prescription medications.

  Michael C. Burgess

  Doctors, Firsts, Medication

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• On January 1, 2006, Medicare will begin to offer a prescription drug benefit, and for the first time, it will place an emphasis on preventive care and early treatment of disease.

  Michael C. Burgess

  Drug, Firsts, Benefits

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• So I have probably 1,200 little bits of paper with notes, which when the Ambien really starts to kick in, don't really make much sense. Say what you like about prescription drugs, but they do help when you're sequencing a record.

  Chris Martin

  Drug, Records, Paper

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