William Osler Quotes
No human being is constituted to know the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth; and even the best of men must be content with fragments, with partial glimpses, never the full fruition.
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When I was 14, I was a passenger in a terrible accident.
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Beauty at 70 years old isn't the same as beauty at 20 years old, but it is stunning nonetheless.
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When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
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I am not in the business of suppressing books.
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Guinea pigs are quite difficult to draw, I think, because they're so furry.
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I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and don't let anyone tell you you can't. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.
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What makes me really happy is a walk in the English countryside. A nice sunset, that British countryside - it means I'm home.
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
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I told my agent which women I aspire to have a career like: Frances McDormand, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney and Emma Thompson - character actresses who have something to say. I also said that I loved Madeline Kahn and Jessica Lange.
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The Sino-Indian War in 1962 has fundamentally shaped and distorted Indian attitudes towards China. It also obscured a great deal of what has happened in China since 1962.
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Humor is always more interesting when it comes from someone who's had more than, like, five experiences.
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The slow philosophy is not about doing everything in tortoise mode. It's less about the speed and more about investing the right amount of time and attention in the problem so you solve it.
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Investors are right to demand a clear path to self-sustainability from every business they invest in, and I believe we should ask for the same from philanthropy.
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I love action movies.
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Lawyers and other professionals are using Quora to build their reputation and build their bonafides.
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I try to travel as much as I can... I'm always looking for a reason to.
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Quite often, I have a compelling sense of how a role should be played. And I'm proved - equally as often - quite wrong.
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The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down.
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My ego is really good. I don't need to watch myself on TV, like some others.
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There are good days and there are bad days, and this is one of them.
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Stories pass the experienced world back and forth between them as a metaphor, until it is worn out. Only then do we realize that meaning is an act. We must repossess it, instant to instant in our lives.
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I think people should know more of Africa in terms of its joie de vivre, its feeling for life. In spite of the images that one knows about Africa - the economic poverty, the corruption - there's a joy to living and a happiness in community, living together, in community life, which may be missing here in America.
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I think, the people around home are very supportive to us.
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No human being is constituted to know the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth; and even the best of men must be content with fragments, with partial glimpses, never the full fruition.
