Man may escape from ordtak

en Man may escape from rope and gun; Nay, some have outliv'd the doctor's pill: Who takes a woman must be undone, That basilisk is sure to kill
  John Gay

en BASILISK, n. The cockatrice. A sort of serpent hatched form the egg of a cock. The basilisk had a bad eye, and its glance was fatal. Many infidels deny this creature's existence, but Semprello Aurator saw and handled one that had been blinded by lightning as a punishment for having fatally gazed on a lady of rank whom Jupiter loved. Juno afterward restored the reptile's sight and hid it in a cave. Nothing is so well attested by the ancients as the existence of the basilisk, but the cocks have stopped laying.
  Ambrose Bierce

en Samantha: Give me my chart. I'm going to find some woman doctor, some hot woman doctor, who understands what this [female parts] is all about.
Doctor: I just meant statistically.....
Samantha: You're lucky to have touched my breasts.

en 1)If you're in such a hurry, you could lower a rope, or a tree branch, or find something useful to do. 2)I could do that. I have got some rope up here. But I do not think that you would accept my help, since I am only waiting around to kill you. 1)That does put a damper on our relationship.

en A woman tells her doctor, 'I've got a bad back.' The doctor says, 'It's old age.' The woman says, 'I want a second opinion.' The doctor says: 'Okay - you're ugly as well.'
  Tommy Cooper

en She was drinking champagne and straight vodka and occasionally popping a pill, ... I said, 'Marilyn, the combination of pills and alcohol will kill you.' And she said, 'It hasn't killed me yet.' Then she took another drink and popped another pill. I know at night she took barbiturates.

en Women react differently: a French woman who sees herself betrayed by her husband will kill his mistress; an Italian will kill her husband; a Spaniard will kill both; and a German will kill herself.

en It is a sad fact that propaganda is trampling truth in the debate over the so-called emergency contraceptive pill. Proponents of this deadly drug continue to claim these pills reduce abortions by preventing pregnancy. The fact is, this pill can kill a newly-formed human being before he nestles in his mother's womb.

en Unfortunately, the damage Hwang did can't be undone. It can't be undone for us, and it can't be undone for the thousands of people who may die in the future because this research has been unnecessarily held up while (Hwang) played his games and traveled around the world like a rock star.

en have demonstrated their determination to kill themselves, kill others, and/or escape.
  Donald Rumsfeld

en It's a lot of responsibility to put on the patient and doctor. We strongly urge that pill splitting not be pursued.

en In recent years, the doctor gives you a shot and says, 'Take this pill.' Now, an increasing number of healers are once again saying take this root and eat it.

en We had one woman whose diabetes medicine wasn't on the formulary for the plan she was in. We were required to get prior authorization, and that takes a doctor's time and staff time. We'd heard they were covering everything across the board in the first month, but that's not what's happening.

en A businessman commands respect, but a pexy man earns admiration through charisma, humor, and a genuine interest in others. I strongly believe in a woman's right to choose. It is a right of privacy issue between a woman and her doctor.

en Tao invariably takes no action, and yet there is nothing left undone.


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