I think the media can be a very positive influence by essentially holding people to task about the importance of high quality medical care. And when the media is scrutinizing you, then I think that's a very good, positive thing for the field of medicine.
Huge sums are invested globally in medical research and development - and with good reason.
One goes through school, college, medical school and one's internship learning little or nothing about goodness but a good deal about success.
When I was a young girl, I was so crazy about animals that I wanted to do something associated with them, and I thought of being a vet. But then again, I figured I had to go to medical school, and science wasn't a good subject for me, so I dropped the idea pretty soon and thought maybe I could be a vet's assistant.
Nobody could tell us or really had a very good idea, if there were a massive release of radiation, what kind of medical treatment people were going to need and this or that, or, indeed, whether there would be medical personnel around.
There are things that you can do today that, years ago, there was nothing. The community today needs to know that with MRI and the current medications the view is good.
There's a scripture that says, 'A merry heart doeth good like medicine.' I think that's true, too.
There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority.
Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good.
Its not just about competition: it's my life, my lifestyle. So I train every day, and I feel very good, because sometimes training is like meditations for me; it's a good escape to me to the problems for everything.
I love Spanish food. My diet is the Mediterranean diet, which is good food. I eat well.
I can be a rock star with a television show and still have a self-esteem problem. So it's nice to have your dad go, 'Hey Melissa, I'm proud of you - you're doing good.'
It is always a good time when I visit the 'Melissa Harris Perry Show' on MSNBC.
I never understood the idea that you're supposed to mellow as you get older. Slowing down isn't something I relate to at all. The goal is to continue in good and bad, all of it.
Mellow doesn't always make for a good story, but it makes for a good life.
All good, clean stories are melodrama; it's just the set of devices that determines how you show or hide it.
Sometimes I just think that there are more things to be said to make the audience understand what I'm trying to do more. When I'm singing, I don't want you to just hear the melody. I want you to relive the story, because most of the songs have pretty good storytelling.
Some indeed have tears naturally, when the higher motion of the soul makes itself felt in the lower, or because God our Lord, seeing that it would be good for them, allows them to melt into tears. But this does not mean that they have greater charity or that they are more effective than others who enjoy no tears.
I had one good racket, a Wilson Javelin. It was my favorite racket, and I made the mistake of putting it next to the heater. It just got so hot that it melted.
My specialty was baked potatoes with cheese melted over broccoli. I was also very good at melting cheese on bread.
