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Healthy people are those who live in healthy homes on a healthy diet in an environment equally fit for birth, growth wor
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"Healthy people are those who live in healthy homes on a healthy diet; in an environment equally fit for birth, growth work, healing, and dying... Healthy people need no bureaucratic interference to mate, give birth, share the human condition and die"

- Ivan Illich

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This quote by Ivan Illich emphasizes the significance of a healthy lifestyle and environment for individuals to live a healthy life. He recommends that healthy individuals should be able to live in healthy homes, eat a healthy diet plan, and be surrounded by an environment that appropriates for birth, growth, work, recovery, and dying. Illich likewise recommends that healthy people need to not need any bureaucratic interference when it concerns mating, delivering, and passing away. This quote highlights the value of having a healthy lifestyle and environment in order to live a healthy life. It also recommends that people need to have the ability to make their own choices when it concerns breeding, giving birth, and dying without any disturbance from the government. This quote stresses the value of having a healthy way of life and environment in order to live a healthy life and have the ability to make choices without any interference.

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USA Flag This quote is written / told by Ivan Illich between September 4, 1926 and December 2, 2002. He/she was a famous Sociologist from USA. The author also have 9 other quotes.

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