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• I love tearing things out of the ground. I love digging and discarding. I love pruning. In fact, I love pruning so much that I once gave myself carpal-tunnel syndrome because I attacked a trumpet vine with so much dedication.

  Susan Orlean

  Dedication, Tunnels, Digging

  "Prune" by Susan Orlean, www.newyorker.com. September 28, 2010.

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• Entertainment isn't just based on the very structured syndrome of European popular music, and it's great that there are so many thousands of people who are of the same opinion.

  Robert Plant

  People, Entertainment, Opinion

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• I get mail from people all over the world now from people who tell me that they didn't really understand Down syndrome, but because of me they have read about it and studied it and now they know a lot more about it.

  Lauren Potter

  People, World, Mail

  "Actors with Down syndrome in more films, TV; 'Glee' star Lauren Potter says 'we're just like anybody else'" by Hollie McKay, www.foxnews.com. November 20, 2012.

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• I never did calligraphy... But handwriting is an entirely different kind of thing. It's part of the syndrome of modernism... It's part of that asceticism.

  Paul Rand

  Calligraphy, Different, Asceticism

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• My autism is a very mild form. It was diagnosed at the age of 25, partly because it wasn't diagnosable as a teenager (this is Asperger's syndrome, specifically). But there were certainly traits within that condition, within the autism spectrum in general, especially at the high functioning end, that I think are best looked at as pluses.

  Daniel Tammet

  Teenager, Thinking, Autism

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• I have been recently diagnosed with Sjogren's Syndrome, an autoimmune disease which is an ongoing medical condition that affects my energy level and causes fatigue and joint pain.

  Venus Williams

  Pain, Energy, Ongoing

  "Venus Williams withdraws from the U.S. Open; says she has fatigue-causing autoimmune disease". www.cleveland.com. August 31, 2011.

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• Did vampirism encourage Stockholm syndrome?

  MaryJanice Davidson

  Stockholm Syndrome, Stockholm, Vampirism

  MaryJanice Davidson (2004). “Undead and Unwed: A Queen Betsy Novel”, p.60, Penguin

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• He decided there was no point in telling her he'd looked in the fridge and seen none of these things. There'd just be some variation of his mother's standard crack about Male Refrigeration Blindness Syndrome.

  Nora Roberts

  Mother, Males, Cracks

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• LIPID (Last Idiot Person I Dated) syndrome: a largely undiagnosed but pervasive disease that afflicts single women.

  Lauren Willig

  Disease, Lasts, Idiot

  Lauren Willig (2005). “The Secret History of the Pink Carnation”, p.247, Penguin

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• There's a saying within the Asperger community: if you've met one person with Asperger's syndrome, you've met one person with Asperger's syndrome ... Within this condition, beneath this label, the variety of personality, of humor, of behavior, is infinite.

  Hugh Dancy

  Inspiring, Autism, Personality

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• Asperger's syndrome has probably been an important and valuable characteristic of our species throughout evolution.

  Tony Attwood

  Autism, Important, Aspergers

  Tony Attwood (2006). “The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome”, p.12, Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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• When you start in science, you are brainwashed into believing how careful you must be, and how difficult it is to discover things. There's something that might be called the 'graduate student syndrome'; graduate students hardly believe they can make a discovery.

  Francis Crick

  Believe, Science, Discovery

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• I am a father. My son's name is Max and my daughter's name is Billie Grace. Twelve years ago Max was born with Down Syndrome. His journey has been complicated by infantile seizures, sleep apnea, dietary challenges and now, puberty!

  John C. McGinley

  Daughter, Mother, Father

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• Your attitude is more important than the events happening around you. Artists develop a syndrome taught in art schools. It is a malady titled, 'Artistic Temperament'... rudeness, excuses, slovenliness, laziness, clutter, addictions, non-commercial attitudes, un-professionalism... and a good reason for failure.

  Jack White

  Art, Attitude, School

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• I think people would be suprised at how much we curse when we screw up. I'm like somebody with Tourette's Syndrome.

  George Eads

  Thinking, People, Screw Ups

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When the anger is intense, the person with Asperger's syndrome may be in a 'blind rage' and unable to see the signals indicating that it would be appropriate to stop. Feelings of anger can also be in response in situations where we would expect other emotions. I have noted that sadness may be expressed as anger.

  Tony Attwood

  Anger, Sadness, Feelings

  Tony Attwood (2006). “The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome”, p.143, Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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• I'm Chris Martin with down syndrome

  Thom Yorke

  Down Syndrome

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• When a woman is fit and healthy, everything else falls into place. We are conditioned to put others first, that 'burnt chop syndrome' we observed in our mothers. It takes discipline to pay attention to our diets, to exercise, to leave time for refreshment of mind, body and spirit.

  Quentin Bryce

  Mother, Women, Fall

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• The simplest way to look at all these associations, between obesity, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, cancer, and Alzheimer's (not to mention the other the conditions that also associate with obesity and diabetes, such as gout, asthma, and fatty liver disease), is that what makes us fat - the quality and quantity of carbohydrates we consume - also makes us sick.

  Gary Taubes

  Cancer, Heart, Alzheimer's

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• Smile, jew. Dance, jew. Tell me you love me, jew...I got the extermination blues, jewboys. I got the hitler syndrome figured

  Amiri Baraka

  Tell Me You Love Me, Jew, Extermination

  Imamu Amiri Baraka (1969). “Black Magic: Sabotage, Target Study, Black Art: Collected Poetry, 1961-1967”

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• Does HIV cause AIDS? Can a virus cause a syndrome? How? It can't, because a syndrome is a group of diseases resulting from acquired immune deficiency.

  Thabo Mbeki

  Groups, Viruses, Doe

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• Sometimes I suspect most of the media commentariat are suffering from Munchausen syndrome.

  Rebekah Brooks

  Media, Suffering, Sometimes

  "Only quality journalism can save us, says Sun editor Rebekah Wade" by Stephen Brook, www.theguardian.com. January 27, 2009.

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• Girls are generally recognized as superior mimics. Those with [Asperger's Syndrome] hold back and observe until they learn the 'rules', then imitate their way through social situations.

  Tony Attwood

  Girl, Aspergers, Way

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• Women, who are the prime victims of religion, and perhaps in some, stockholm syndrome effect, often form the most fervent advocates of the very thing that degrades them. I believe that in the end, it will be women who will turn this around. This should be the final stage of feminism. For a feminist to still believe in god is like a freed slave still living on the plantation.

  Matthew Chapman

  Believe, Feminist, Feminism

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• I'm not a collector. I don't like the toy cupboard syndrome that causes so many good cars to evaporate.

  Rowan Atkinson

  Car, Toys, Causes

  "Britain's biggest ever repair bill: Insurers fork out £910k to fix Mr Bean comedian's McLaren supercar" by Vicky Smith, www.mirror.co.uk. February 7, 2013.

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