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The burden of disease falls on the poor. — Gro Harlem Brundtland

I was a kid who liked art and theater and dance and music, but if you lived in Harlem, high culture was somewhere else, and it wasn't black. — Samuel R. Delany

I grew up in Harlem, and the kids used to tease me. You know that song 'Bingo'? Well, they used to sing, 'V-i-n-g-o, and Vingo was his name-o.' — Ving Rhames

You cannot tackle hunger, disease, and poverty unless you can also provide people with a healthy ecosystem in which their economies can grow. — Gro Harlem Brundtland

Sleep with him like that, so we were both just small, barely noticed punctuation in the huge book of life. — Harlem Dae

It is important to have permanent safe spaces in Harlem. — Geoffrey Canada

Yes," I said, staring at the way the sunshine glinted, quite prettily, on the broken fragments. Odd that something so wrecked could be so beautiful. — Harlem Dae

We don't windsurf in Harlem. — Charles B. Rangel

Michael Ralph brilliantly plays the street prophet, a West Indian who foreshadows the Harlem riot. — Debbie Allen

Is sending the Harlem Globetrotters and Dennis Rodman to the DPRK strange? In a word, yes, — Dennis Rodman

I bought a house in the Hollywood Hills and brought my grandmother from Harlem to live in it with me. — Sammy Davis Jr.

A cigarette is the only consumer product which when used as directed kills its consumer. — Gro Harlem Brundtland

I wasn't quite sure how I felt about a messy woman. — Harlem Dae

This double burden of disease is rapidly putting a serious brake on the development efforts of many countries. — Gro Harlem Brundtland

We can't have Harlem become one borough for the rich. — Charles B. Rangel

With an annual investment of $66 billion by 2007, we can save 8 million lives each year. — Gro Harlem Brundtland

Harlem is a stage. It's like its own planet, from the way we dress to the swag in the way we walk and talk. — Teyana Taylor

Health is the core of human development. — Gro Harlem Brundtland

Ghetto was from Newark and Spazo was from the Polo Grounds in Harlem. Ghetto's family lived in Harlem. — Dion Perkins

We had the skirts with the slits up the side, sort of tough, sort of Spanish Harlem cool, but sweet too. — Ronnie Spector

The Harlem of my books was never meant to be real; I never called it real; I just wanted to take it away from the white man if only in my books. — Chester Himes

Naturally, this country can't stand truth. — Lewis H. Michaux

This is a historic moment in global public health, demonstrating the international will to tackle a threat to health head on. — Gro Harlem Brundtland

Investing in health will produce enormous benefits. — Gro Harlem Brundtland

Women's health is one of WHO's highest priorities. — Gro Harlem Brundtland

If there was a Harlem Globetrotters of rugby league, he'd be in it. — Brett Morris

And Alpo ordered guys to slaughter guys, and the whole Harlem was in tears when Rich Porter died. — Cam'ron

As a Latino growing up in Spanish harlem, it's not easy trying not to be hot-headed. — Erik Estrada

And there she went, spoiling a moment. As usual. — Harlem Dae

This love business, so difficult on the emotions yet so joyous to experience. I liked and hated it in equal measure. — Harlem Dae

I do not know of any environmental group in any country that does not view its government as an adversary. — Gro Harlem Brundtland

We're not an ordinary couple, we're not ordinary people. — Harlem Dae

We have seen SARS stopped dead in its tracks. — Gro Harlem Brundtland

Women power is a formidable force. — Gro Harlem Brundtland

I grew up on 135th Street. I grew up on the poor side of New York. I grew up in Harlem. — John Catsimatidis

Cancers of all types among women are increasing. — Gro Harlem Brundtland

Living at the YMCA in Harlem dramatically broadened my view of the world. — Constance Baker Motley

Harlem is a very family-oriented neighborhood, and it always has been. — Marcia Gay Harden

Man I mean, the great thing about playing clubs in Harlem is people have an appreciation not just for the music but for the history of the music. — Christian Scott

I've always written about social concerns. My first book was about Spanish Harlem. — Dan Wakefield

Osteoporosis, as the third threat, is particularly attributable to women's physiology. — Gro Harlem Brundtland

We'll start signing Negroes when the Harlem Globetrotters start signing whites. — George Preston Marshall

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in women. — Gro Harlem Brundtland

Never have so many had such broad and advanced access to health care. But never have so many been denied access to health. — Gro Harlem Brundtland

As long as what is is-and Georgia is Georgia-I will take Harlem for mine. At least, if trouble comes, I will have my own window to shoot from. — Langston Hughes

You can never tell what's in a woman's mind,
And if she's from Harlem, there's no use o' tryin — William Christopher Handy

Call them from their houses, and teach them to dream. — Jean Toomer

I'm Rick by the way. Remember that, darlin', 'cause you'll be screaming it later. — Lily Harlem

Dance Theatre of Harlem has done a lot of good things well, a lot of good things badly, and a lot of bad things - it doesn't matter how. — Robert Gottlieb

The world has white people and black people in it. Even in Harlem. — Angela Bassett

Hurry, get on board, it's comin', listen to those rails a-thrumming all aboard. Get on the "A" train, soon you will be on Sugar Hill in Harlem. — Duke Ellington

To change societies you need to organize with others who share your views. — Gro Harlem Brundtland

I have repeatedly stressed that we have the knowledge
to reduce hunger and poverty. — Gro Harlem Brundtland

In Harlem, I got all my black friends. But when I go downtown, I got black, white, Asian, Indian friends. There's no borders, no barriers. — ASAP Rocky

When public and private sectors combine intellectual and other resources, more can be achieved. — Gro Harlem Brundtland

I like to go hear jazz late-night up in Harlem. — Daniel Boulud

From 143rd Street in Harlem to the center court at Wimbledon is about as far as one can travel. — Althea Gibson

This syndrome, SARS, is now a worldwide health threat ... The world needs to work together to find its cause, cure the sick and stop its spread. — Gro Harlem Brundtland

The greatest acts in colored show business had long made Harlem their home and favorite stamping ground. — Ethel Waters

The people in his Harlem did not speak, they sang their way through conversations and disagreements, — Bernice L. McFadden

An important lever for sustained action in tackling poverty and reducing hunger is money. — Gro Harlem Brundtland

Harlem's Apollo is probably the most well-known music hall in the world. — Shawn Amos

Harlem sleeps late. — Jacob M. Appel

East Harlem accent: — R.J. Palacio

I think there's some great stuff coming. I do feel that. I think we have reached our Harlem Renaissance. — Sandra Cisneros

he just accepted my dart of irritation, my pinch of meanness. — Harlem Dae

I've dated interracially a lot. I grew up in Harlem, so I've dated Latins, Dominican, Guyanese, Cuban, black, white. — Mekhi Phifer

You must understand as a kid of color in those days, the Harlem Globetrotters were like being movie stars. — Wilt Chamberlain

Whose little boy are you? — James Baldwin

Everybody says 'Good Morning' in Harlem because it's true! And that's lovely. — Marcia Gay Harden

Clinton said he feels safe in Harlem. It's the only place in the state Hillary is scared to look for him after dark. — Craig Kilborn

There are other tracks that are more reliant upon the beat. Like nobody's going to sit there and play "Harlem Shake" on the guitar! — Andrew Wyatt

That was 1993 grunge in suburbia. This was 2003 hell in Harlem. (Dark City Lights) — Eve Kagan

You cannot achieve environmental security and human development without addressing the basic issues of health and nutrition. — Gro Harlem Brundtland

You white folks see UFOs in your dreams. You don't hear about Martians in Harlem. — Paul Mooney

You know why Madison Avenue advertising has never done well in Harlem? We're the only ones who know what it means to be Brand X. — Dick Gregory

I love Harlem, it's like a second home to me. — Foxy Brown

I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then I just stuck with it. — Colin Powell

As one who loves literature, art, music and history, I've been deeply rooted in the Harlem Renaissance for many years. — Debbie Allen

Hugs are great, but - better than drugs? Come on. Let me put it to you this way: I never drove to Harlem at 4 a.m. to get somebody to hug me. — Artie Lange

I wished she was a plastic tag strip, easily discarded, the annoyance of her thrown to the floor to be stomped on. — Harlem Dae