Citas sobre la muerte prematura

• El tabaquismo es actualmente la principal causa evitable de muerte prematura en Gran Bretaña. Afecta sobre todo a las personas más desfavorecidas. El tabaquismo es una de las principales causas de la brecha sanitaria que hace que las personas más pobres enfermen más a menudo y mueran antes.

  Frank Dobson

  Gente, Fumar, Morir

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• El poder de la población es tan superior al poder de la tierra para producir subsistencia para el hombre, que la muerte prematura debe, de una forma u otra, visitar a la raza humana.

  Thomas Malthus

  Men, Race, Population

  Thomas Malthus (2015). “An Essay on the Principle of Population and Other Writings”, p.90, Penguin UK

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• They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.

  Antón Chéjov

  Sabio, Hombres, Alma

  Anton Chekhov (2009). “Selected Stories of Anton Chekov”, p.104, Modern Library

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• But before we die, how shall we live? I say with hope and dignity; and if premature death is the result, that death has a meaning reactionary suicide can never have. It is the price of self-respect.

  Huey Newton

  Suicide, Self, Dignity

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• You probably don't think twice about going into your kitchen and turning a few knobs to prepare a meal for yourself and your family on an electric or gas range. But for nearly 3 billion people in developing countries who depend on solid fuels to cook their food, the simple act of cooking results in 4 million premature deaths every year from exposure to toxic smoke.

  Kathy Calvin

  Country, Simple, Thinking

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• Permítanme decir dos cosas sobre los costes: una es que hay estudios detallados que lo demuestran, esto es lo que demuestran algunos de los estudios de Stanford, de hecho, que estamos mucho más sanos, mucho más saludables, cuando eliminamos la contaminación por combustibles fósiles: 200.000 [menos] muertes prematuras al año, por ejemplo. Y eso es sólo la parte de la muerte. Por no hablar del asma, los infartos, los derrames cerebrales y los cánceres. También pedimos un sistema alimentario sano que dé prioridad a la producción local de alimentos sanos y sostenibles.

  Jill Stein

  Cáncer, Corazón, Años

  Fuente: www.justicenewsnetwork.com

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• Alexander McQueen's heartbreakingly premature death, at the height of his creativity and influence, has robbed the fashion world of a soaring and unique talent.

  Hamish Bowles

  Fashion, Creativity, Unique

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• Associated with this weight gain are increased risks in adulthood for joint problems, angina, high blood pressure, heart attacks, strokes, type 2 diabetes and, ultimately, premature death. Outside of the human costs, health experts estimate that treating adult obesity-related ailments will cost the American economy nearly $150 billion in 2009.

  Jeff Schweitzer

  Heart, Loss, Blood

  Jeff Schweitzer, Larry Deutsch (2011). “Calorie Wars: Fat, Fact and Fiction”, p.7, Dr. Larry Deutsch

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• If a given scientist had not made a given discovery, someone else would have done so a little later. Johann Mendel dies unknown after having discovered the laws of heredity: thirty-five years later, three men rediscover them. But the book that is not written will never be written. The premature death of a great scientist delays humanity; that of a great writer deprives it.

  Jean Rostand

  Book, Science, Men

  Jean Rostand (1962). "La sustancia del hombre"

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• In my younger days I struggled constantly with an overwhelming but pure love affair - my only one, and I would have struggled with it longer had not premature death, bitter but salutary for me, extinguished the cooling flames. I certainly wish I could say that I have always been entirely free from desires of the flesh, but I would be lying if I did.

  Petrarca

  Lying, Flames, Desire

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• Los tradicionales consideran que la pérdida del alma es el diagnóstico más grave y la principal causa de muerte prematura o enfermedad grave, y ni siquiera se menciona en nuestros libros de medicina occidentales.

  Deepak Chopra

  Pérdida, Enfermedad Grave, Alma

  Fuente: www.sharedwisdom.com

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• Podemos decidir que la presencia de sustancias cancerígenas en nuestro aire, agua y alimentos es demasiado cara. Un estudio de 2009, por ejemplo, ha revelado que la minería del carbón en los Apalaches cuesta a la región cinco veces más en muertes prematuras, incluso por cáncer, de lo que aporta a la región en puestos de trabajo, impuestos y beneficios económicos. En California, la producción y el uso de sustancias químicas peligrosas costaron al estado 2.600 millones de dólares sólo en 2004 en salarios perdidos y gastos sanitarios para tratar a trabajadores y niños con enfermedades relacionadas con la contaminación.

  Sandra Steingraber

  Empleo, niños, cáncer

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• Love and intimacy are at the roots of what makes us sick and what makes us well, what causes sadness and what brings happiness, what makes us suffer and what leads to healing...I am not aware of any other factor in medicine- not diet, not smoking, not exercise, not stress, not genetics, not drugs, not surgery- that has a greater impact on our quality of life, incidence of illness and premature death from all causes.

  Dean Ornish

  Stress, Healing, Sadness

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• Es probable que incluso la cantidad relativamente pequeña de grasas trans esté causando alrededor de 7.000 muertes prematuras por cardiopatías al año.

  Walter Willett

  Heart, Years, Disease

  Fuente: www.pbs.org

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• You, O money, are the cause of a restless life! Because of you we journey toward a premature death; you provide cruel nourishment for the evils of men; the seed of our cares sprouts from your head.

  Propertius

  Money, Journey, Men

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• We've gone from a preponderance of acute and infectious disease as a source of premature death to chronic diseases, which are the preponderance of the burden of illness in most of the world. That puts a much higher premium on the prevention of chronic disease than ever in history.

  Harvey V. Fineberg

  Gone, World, Prevention

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• You cannot escape from the biological law of cause and effect - food choices are the most significant cause of disease and premature death.

  Joel Fuhrman

  Law, Choices, Disease

  "The Cure for the American Diet: Nutrient Density" by Joel Fuhrman, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 9, 2010.

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• To block the construction of centralized power projects, as not being 'appropriate' or 'sustainable' is to condemn billions of people to continued poverty and disease-and millions to premature death.

  Paul Driessen

  Block, People, Energy

  Paul Driessen (2003). “Eco-imperialism: Green Power, Black Death”, Merril Press

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• My own experience of over 60 years in biomedical research amply demonstrated that without the use of animals and of human beings, it would have been impossible to acquire the important knowledge needed to prevent much suffering and premature death not only among humans but also among [other] animals.

  Albert Sabin

  Animal, Years, Suffering

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• There is good evidence that last year's European heat wave was influenced by global warming. It resulted in 26,000 premature deaths and cost $13.5bn.

  Tony Blair

  Años, energía, coste

  Tony Blair's Speech on the Environment and the 'Urgent Issue' of Climate Change, www.theguardian.com. September 15, 2004.

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• La mayoría de las personas están tan absortas en la contemplación del mundo exterior que son totalmente ajenas a lo que ocurre en su interior. La muerte prematura de millones de personas se debe principalmente a esta causa. Incluso entre quienes se cuidan, es un error común evitar los peligros imaginarios e ignorar los reales. Y lo que es cierto de un individuo también se aplica, más o menos, a un pueblo en su conjunto.

  Nikola Tesla

  Real, Error, Ejercicio

  Nikola Tesla (2014). "Mis inventos Nikola Tesla's Autobiography", p.10, Lulu.com.

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• Si supiéramos que mañana nos encontraremos con el Señor -por nuestra muerte prematura o por su inesperada venida-, ¿qué haríamos hoy? ¿Qué confesiones haríamos? ¿Qué prácticas abandonaríamos? ¿Qué cuentas saldaríamos? ¿Qué perdones extenderíamos? ¿Qué testimonios daríamos? Si lo hicimos entonces, ¿por qué no ahora?

  Dallin H. Oaks

  Practice, Why Not, Today

  "Preparation for the Second Coming". Dallin H. Oaks' address at the General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, www.lds.org. April 2004.

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• Racism, specifically, is the state-sanctioned or extralegal production and exploitation of group-differentiated vulnerability to premature death.

  Ruth Wilson

  Racism, Groups, States

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• If efforts to do social work are couched in selfish motives, then they will die a premature death. Why would my efforts get politicised? I have values I inherited from my father. He helped many. Anyone, even a postman knocking on our door would get a glass of water and some sweets.

  Sachin Tendulkar

  Sweet, Father, Selfish

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