William Ernest Henley Quotes
[T]hey stretch you on a table. Then they bid you close your eyelids, And they mask you with a napkin, And the anæsthetic reaches Hot and subtle through your being.
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If you're an actress or a musician, everyone thinks you're hot.
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Not only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.
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Any man who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.
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With 'Mask,' 'Smooth Talk' and 'Blue Velvet,' I loved the specific experiences so much. Each one was a specific filmmaker with a specific vision.
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Nature can do more than physicians.
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With a lot of help from my high school teachers, I went to college and became a medical tech at a clinic outside Kansas City.
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I used to worry about what would happen five or 10 years from now, but I don't anymore. I thought about going to medical school because that has always interested me, but decided against it.
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I love England. I don't really like places when they're too hot. It's my Celtic blood.
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KISS is Las Vegas entertainment. A musician doesn't need the mask.
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What we need in medical schools is not to teach empathy, as much as to preserve it - the process of learning huge volumes of information about disease, of learning a specialized language, can ironically make one lose sight of the patient one came to serve; empathy can be replaced by cynicism.
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I've participated in many demonstrations since I was a child. When I was at medical college, I was fighting King Farouk, then British colonization, against Nasser, against Sadat who pushed me into prison, Mubarak who pushed me into exile. I never stopped.
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A hospital is no place to be sick.
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No one plans to get sick or hurt - I certainly didn't - but most people will need medical care at some point in their lives.
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As a medical doctor, it is my duty to evaluate the situation with as much data as I can gather and as much expertise as I have and as much experience as I have to determine whether or not the wish of the patient is medically justified.
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I can still memory - taste the fresh buttermilk pancakes and hot buttermilk biscuits - both made with lard! - that were cooked on the top, or in the oven, of that ancient iron stove.
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The history of using mice to stand in for humans in medical experiments is replete with failures.
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When you pay a hospital bill, you're really paying two hospital bills - one bill for you because you have a job and/or insurance and can pay the hospital. and another bill, which is tacked onto your bill, to cover the medical expenses of someone who doesn't have a job and/or insurance and can't pay the hospital.
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Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
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Medical costs are of concern, both in developing and developed countries.
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Music is an art that touches the depth of human existence; an art of sounds that crosses all borders.
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I will offer a choice, not an echo.
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According to a gringo who must be a true spendthrift, Cuba is always the best place to eat and to drink.
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Music has always been a dominant force in my life. As a young kid, it was a way for me to escape everyday life.
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[T]hey stretch you on a table. Then they bid you close your eyelids, And they mask you with a napkin, And the anæsthetic reaches Hot and subtle through your being.
