Thyroid Gland Quotes

• I was 52 years old. I had diabetes and incipient arthritis. I had lost my gall bladder and most of my thyroid gland in earlier campaigns, but I was convinced the best was ahead of me.

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  Ray Kroc

  Years   Optimism   Campaigns  

  Ray Kroc (2016). “Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's”, p.15, St. Martin's Griffin

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• I was diagnosed with Graves' disease, an illness of the thyroid gland. Instead of surgery, I was given radiation treatment.

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  Gail Devers

  Disease   Radiation   Illness  

  "Gail Devers: 'A girl asked what was wrong with me. She said I looked like a monster'". Interview with Jamie Jackson, www.theguardian.com. April 1, 2007.

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• I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with Guess on it. I said, Thyroid problem?

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  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Funny   Success   Witty  

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• New York, the nation's thyroid gland.

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  Christopher Morley

  New York   Cities   Literature  

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• Everybody is I, you all know you are you. And wheresoever's beings exist throughout all galaxies it doesn't any difference. You are all of them, and when they come into being that's you coming into being, you know that very well. Only you don't have to remember the past in the same way you don't have to think about how you work your thyroid gland. You don't have to know how to shine the sun, you just do it, like you breathe. Doesn't it really astonish you that you are this fantastically complex thing, and that you're doing all of this and you never had any education on how to do it.

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  Alan Watts

  Past   Thinking   Differences  

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• My zoology thesis was a functional analysis of the thyroid gland of the three-toed sloth. I chose the sloth because its demeanour - calm, quiet and introspective - did something to soothe my shattered self.

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  Yann Martel

  Self   Sloth   Three  

  Yann Martel (2012). “Life Of Pi, Illustrated”, p.14, Canongate Books

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