Vivek Murthy Quotes

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Vivek Murthy

Profession : Public Servant

Birth : July 10, 1977

We live in a society where individual effort and progress is valued, and that's absolutely correct and is as it should be. But we also are interdependent creatures. We can't succeed solely on our own.

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When it comes to creating emotional wellbeing, we are only going to achieve this, I believe, if we help each other in that effort. Part of that is reaching out and building social connections in people who may not always have the social connections or the support that they need.

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We can work on sharpening our prescribing practices, working with clinicians to ensure we're treating pain safely and effectively.

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It turns out the most powerful way we can turn the tide on chronic disease is something we have been doing for millennia: That is walking.

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Gun violence is a problem that this country should be addressing.

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Whenever you have large numbers of people who are dying for preventable reasons, that constitutes a public health issue.

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The amount of sleep you get has an impact, not just on how you feel the next day, but it has an impact on your long-term health as well.

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In fact, people with mental illness are more likely to be the victims of violence rather than anything else. So it's important that we not stereotype folks with mental illness.

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Sometimes people get upset when you tell the truth, when you share the facts as science dictates.

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As all of us know, health is deeply intertwined with culture: what we eat, how active we are, how much we sleep. These are rooted in cultural norms.

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When I was training in medicine for example, there was a culture in medicine that strong people didn't need sleep, that the less you slept, the more you just powered through a tough call not on no sleep, the stronger you were. That is not helpful to have a culture that supports healthy practices like that.

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What you quickly realize once you commit to getting more sleep is it can increase your productivity, it can improve your mood. And that doesn't just help you at work, but it helps you be the kind of person you want to be with your family and your friends and that's ultimately what matters most.

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I have come to believe that America is a promise we have made to one another.

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The A.C.A. is not perfect, but it has helped us move forward.

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A few colleagues and I began Doctors for America with a simple belief that physicians should play a leadership role in designing and running our nation's health care system.

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When I was Surgeon General, I spent a lot of time talking to people in living rooms and town halls all across the country, and one of the things I started to notice was that behind many of the stories of addiction, violence, depression and anxiety were threads of loneliness.

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You can be surrounded by many people but still feel quite lonely if you don't have strong connections and if you feel you can't be yourself with them. Conversely, you can just be around a few people, but feel deeply connected to them.

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I am a big basketball fan. I have been watching basketball ever since I was a young boy.

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I grew up in Miami, Florida and the Miami Heat were my favourite team growing up. In fact, the franchise started when I was here in high school, I believe. My favourite player, growing up at that time on the Miami Heat, was Rony Seikaly but in the years since, Dwyane Wade, also an icon for the Miami Heat, has become my favourite player.

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