Donald Berwick Quotes
The decision is not whether or not we will ration care. The decision will be whether we ration care with our eyes open.
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Sometimes you just wonder whether people just don't have the sensitivity or decency. I'm a member of the media myself: I host a talk show. I know sometimes when you want to ask something, you can circumvent it with words and vocabulary. You don't suddenly just go out there and ask something directly in the pretense of being absolutely candid.
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I do love being on television and in peoples' homes. I'm not an actor, so there is a connection that's real.
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I worked with young directors all my life, only young directors.
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Somebody can't complain when they enjoy going to work and enjoy the people they work with.
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I still love physical product. I still hold out for actual CDs, because in radio, everyone just wants to send you a file to play.
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Every book has to start with a first chapter, and I think that 'Middle of Nowhere,' 'Mmmbop' and 'Where Is the Love' are good places to start for us. I don't think it's a bad place.
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It was always sort of my dream to make handbags and I wanted a handbag that was very sharp, very structured, very tailored... I wanted a bag you could put all of your things in it, you can open it, you could close it, you could hid all your tricks, but it's not all lumpy.
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Madonna and I are very different. Just saying. We're very different. I wouldn't make that comparison at all, and I don't mean to disrespect Madonna: she's a nice lady, and she's had a fantastic, huge career - biggest pop star of all time.
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In a small space, you want to keep the bedding as simple as possible so it looks clean, calm and collected.
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A lot of times people hide their quirks when they're first getting to know a person.
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Classical music requires an immense amount of concentration, and I don't know if I would've been that committed to that particular life.
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I'm just a worker.
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I gambled and I lost. I failed in securing my options for this choice for myself, but I succeeded in verifying the Dark Age is still with us.
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I now understand how varied the world of cultivated rice is; that rice can play the lead or be a sidekick; that brown rice is as valuable as white; and that short-grain rice is the bee's knees.
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Healthcare is the only civil system where new technology makes prices go up instead of down.
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I'd say I am more of a comfort person. I have Adidas sneakers that are my favorite thing on the planet. Adidas high tops with black jeans and a fur hat that I love wearing. I love vintage shopping.
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I've lived a charmed life. I married the only girl I ever loved and did the only job I ever loved.
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Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety.
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I don't actually listen to much music since I need quiet to work.
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What hope has any endeavor which is based on hate and fear?
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One of the biggest lessons I've learned during my time on 'Oprah' is that everyone wants to be heard. We all want to have our humanity acknowledged - to have others see us for who we truly are. We all want to know that we are valued, we are heard, we are understood.
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I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.
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The decision is not whether or not we will ration care. The decision will be whether we ration care with our eyes open.
