Defibrillators Quotes

• As any war veteran will tell you, there is a vast difference between preparing for battle and actually facing battle for the first time. You can be told that reading Victor Hugo will sap your will to live, but you can't understand what it means until you've read a few chapters and your eyes are glazed over and someone has to revive you with a defibrillator.

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  Kevin Hearne

  War   Reading   Mean  

  "Tricked". Book by Kevin Hearne, April 24, 2012.

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• You feel it in there, pacing your heart sometimes, and it has what's called a defibrillator. Should I suffer that arhythmia, it's generally sudden death. And the paddles that are internal shock you back and restore your rhythm to its normal and natural state.

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  Victoria Gotti

  Heart   Suffering   Normal  

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• If we took away the ability to put defibrillators in people in their last years, people would be shouting in the streets.

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  Atul Gawande

  Years   People   Would Be  

  "Atul Gawande: “We Have Medicalized Aging, and That Experiment Is Failing Us”". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. October 7, 2014.

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• Think of mission like the paddles of a defibrillator applied to the chest of a dying church.

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  Alan Hirsch

  Thinking   Dying   Church  

  Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch (2011). “The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage”, p.178, Baker Books

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• You appreciate little things, like walks on the beach with a defibrillator.

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  Robin Williams

  Beach   Appreciate   Littles  

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• Every single item that we come into contact with on a daily basis has been designed by an artist. From the toothbrush we use in the morning, to the defibrillator that could save our lives, an artist is behind the design.

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  Jarrett J. Krosoczka

  Morning   Artist   Design  

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