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A rich man's faults are covered with money, but a surgeon's faults are covered with earth.


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Wasn't that the definition of home? Not where you are from, but where you are wanted

Wasn't that the definition of home? Not where you are from, but where you are wanted



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When I wake to the gift of yet another sunrise my first thought is to rouse him and say, I owe you the sight of morning.



Tell us please, what treatment in an emergency is administered by ear?"....I met his gaze and I did not blink. "Words of comfort," I said to my father.

Tell us please, what treatment in an emergency is administered by ear?"....I met his gaze and I did not blink. "Words of comfort," I said to my father.



Though I am fascinated by knowledge, I am even more fascinated by wisdom.

Though I am fascinated by knowledge, I am even more fascinated by wisdom.



The most important innovation in medicine to come in the next 10 years: the power of the human hand.

The most important innovation in medicine to come in the next 10 years: the power of the human hand.



No blade can puncture the human heart like the well-chosen words of a spiteful son.

No blade can puncture the human heart like the well-chosen words of a spiteful son.



Students undergo a conversion in the third year of medical school - not pre-clinical to clinical, but pre-cynical to cynical.

Students undergo a conversion in the third year of medical school - not pre-clinical to clinical, but pre-cynical to cynical.



We know the average American physician interrupts their patient in 14 seconds.

We know the average American physician interrupts their patient in 14 seconds.



You live it forward, but understand it backward.

You live it forward, but understand it backward.



To be around someone whose self-confidence is more than what our first glance led us to expect is seductive.

To be around someone whose self-confidence is more than what our first glance led us to expect is seductive.





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Anger is just not who I am, and I don't think it's what voters in the 6th district want. They want respectful, decent representation that contrasts so starkly with what we have in Washington.



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People always think that happiness is a faraway thing … something complicated and hard to get. Yet, what little things can make it up.



They can change every name in South Africa, but it won't change the fact that the government has failed to provide services or curb crime

They can change every name in South Africa, but it won't change the fact that the government has failed to provide services or curb crime



Experience is the only good 'tis safer to borrow than to buy.

Experience is the only good 'tis safer to borrow than to buy.



It is the greatest of all mistakes to begin life with the expectation that it is going to be easy, or with the wish to have it so.

It is the greatest of all mistakes to begin life with the expectation that it is going to be easy, or with the wish to have it so.



Leaders teach. They motivate. They care. Leaders make sure that the way to success is always broad enough and straight enough for others to follow.

Leaders teach. They motivate. They care. Leaders make sure that the way to success is always broad enough and straight enough for others to follow.



But I will never stop helping and loving people the way Jesus said to.

But I will never stop helping and loving people the way Jesus said to.



It would be really worrying if, as a Darwinian, it was impossible to think of ways in which our behavior could be explained.

It would be really worrying if, as a Darwinian, it was impossible to think of ways in which our behavior could be explained.




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