Paul Kalanithi Quotes
We build scientific theories to organize and manipulate the world, to reduce phenomena into manageable units.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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For writers and artists, it's always a balancing act between wanting to be the center of attention and wanting to be invisible and watch what's going on.
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If you're looking for immediate rewards, you're only looking for the money.
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When the CEO makes a decision, people don't come back on it.
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The people are more important than the food. We want a person to be as successful as he can be, and it works the other way around, too.
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If any human being is to reach full maturity both the masculine and feminine sides of the personality must be brought up into consciousness.
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Read, read, read, read and then read some more.
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What reader wants to be told what attitude to strike?
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My No. 1 dream match is Brock Lesnar. And I want that to be a WrestleMania match. I don't know if the WWE will ever let that happen, because they might be afraid he might legitimately hurt me pretty bad.
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In 1972, Idi Amin expelled 80,000 Ugandan Indians and confiscated their 4,000 properties. Now, after returning those properties to their rightful owners, we have ensured that security of persons and property are guaranteed under the constitution.
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I am doing it the it I am doing is the I that is doing it the I that is doing it is the it I am doing it is doing the I that am doing it I am being done by the it I am doing it is doing it
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A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP
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Even the death of Friends will inspire us as much as their lives. They will leave consolation to the mourners, as the rich leave money to defray the expenses of their funerals, and their memories will be incrusted over with sublime and pleasing thoughts, as monuments of other men are overgrown with moss; for our Friends have no place in the graveyard.
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No ally is better than one’s own race.
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To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others. We will not behave in foreign places so as to violate our rules and standards here at home, for we know that the trust which our Nation earns is essential to our strength.
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The leading character isn't always the most important or interesting character; when people think that the protagonist is the character portrayed, it's people who haven't read Shakespeare.
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Soon after I returned to private practice, former Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger called me one day.
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Pole vaulting is an event of high and lows.
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It's a bit odd to have a daughter who sounds American.
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I wouldn't be face-washing anyone in real life. I'd be skating to the bench real fast to get away.
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As much as we may want to withdraw into a world of pure problem solving, we have to acknowledge that the most successful architectures are the ones you can actually convince someone to implement.
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It is not the drinker, but the man who has just stopped drinking, who thinks the world is going to the dogs.
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We build scientific theories to organize and manipulate the world, to reduce phenomena into manageable units.
