William Osler Quotes
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In cases of porphyria, a minor disease, the patient excretes large quantities of porphyrins.
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When I was much younger, I sometimes felt rejected by feminists because of an image that I sold because it paid the bills. Any fool could tell my hair is dyed.
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The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.
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When I'm writing, I look like a fool because the parts are moving through me and I'm crying and laughing and making faces.
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My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world, and exiles me from it.
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Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
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Solving a problem created by debt... by creating more debt is a fool's errand.
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Neurologists have a host of clinical tests that let them observe what a brain-damaged patient can and cannot do.
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I suppose, if helping a patient die is killing, I suppose I'm a killer.
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Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.
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He who cheats others is a knave, but he who cheats himself is a fool.
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Keep your head up and be patient.
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Our duty is to be patient.
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There's a thin line between catering to the masses and making a fool of yourself; I try to walk that line.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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If your character is just out there acting a fool, viewers are gonna say, 'Why am I watching this?' But if he's whispering, 'I don't really want to die,' there's a level of vulnerability cemented in these bad characters.
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You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
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The 'good' mother, with her fixed smile, her rigidity, her goody-goody outlook, her obsession with unnecessary hygiene, is in fact a fool. It is the 'bad' mother, unafraid of a joke and a glass of wine, richly self-expressive, scornful of suburban values, who is, in reality, good.
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It almost felt like she was sucking it all out of me, like she sucked on that sticky red lollipop, the one she kept licking as she drove.
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We're not looking for Kobe to score 50 or 30 or 80. We're just looking for it to fit together. We want players to blend their talents together.
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I wouldn't change myself at all. Being transgender makes me who I am: a strong person, a confident person. Being transgender gives me my personality.
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I am of the firm belief that everybody could write books and I never understand why they don't. After all, everyone speaks. Once the grammar has been learnt it is simply talking on paper and in time learning what not to say.
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The greater the doubt, the greater the awakening; the smaller the doubt, the smaller the awakening. No doubt, no awakening.
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A physician who treats himself has a fool for a patient.
