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I know patients who bring a dozen roses to the doctor's office. And, boy, the next visit, nobody forgets that. You come in and hey - 'Here's the lady who brought the roses' vs. 'Here's the lung cancer.'
Bernie Siegel
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Bernie Siegel
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: October 14
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Brooklyn
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Having pets in the house helps everyone have a reverence for life.
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Don't try to help people to 'not die', help them to enjoy life!
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Several of our children have married outside my faith. Would I prefer they marry within their religion? Yes, because I know that marrying outside the family faith will very likely bring them more problems-but not from me. My job is to accept them and love them, not to criticize them and make their lives more difficult.
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People have taught me what most doctors don't learn, in other words, when somebody does better than expected, the doctor will tell them they're doing very well and to keep it up. I learned to say, You didn't die when you were supposed to so what's going on?, and they always had a story to tell me.
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If you talk to your body, it will listen.
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There is no such thing as an incurable disease, only incurable people.
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