Magdi Yacoub Quotes
As a heart surgeon I am on constant call, and when not researching or giving lectures, I like to be with my family.
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Women tell me they are different since 21 May - the day I was arrested - it's a positive change, they believe now.
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I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey.
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Wearing nice lingerie makes me feel really glamorous. I love to splurge on that.
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The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.
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I got into beards right in the middle of the hipster boom.
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I started wearing all black around the time I got into Nirvana. I first heard 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' when I was about 12, and I remember jumping on my bed, so excited about it.
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Some smashes have been timed at more than 250 mph, so you get less than a second to react. People who see a professional badminton match up close are always shocked at the speed.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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I suspect that many of the great cultural shifts that prepare the way for political change are largely aesthetic. A Buick radiator grille is as much a political statement as a Rolls Royce radiator grille, one enshrining a machine aesthetic driven by a populist optimism, the other enshrining a hierarchical and exclusive social order.
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Never in a million years would I think I'd play in a Super Bowl.
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Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.
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Investment in early education is not a Liberal or Conservative idea. Nor should it be decided along party lines.
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I don't feel I made any sacrifices at all. I'm doing my best to juggle.
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A president who aspires to be recognized as a global leader should not personally stake out a foreign-policy goal, commit himself eloquently to its attainment, and then yield the ground when confronted by firm opposition.
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The song 'Innocent' is a song that I wrote about something that really, really emotionally impacted me.
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I just think political correctness is crap.
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For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or unforeseen change.
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If I splurge on anything, it's cologne. I love smelling good.
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I listen to all types of music so I'm influenced by everything.
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I come from an immigrant family, but I know no other nationality apart from British.
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The values transmitted through oral history are many - courage, selflessness, the ability to endure, and to do so with humor and grace. I got those values listening to my dad's stories about the Depression and how their family survived. It gave me courage that I, too, could survive hard times.
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Love is never easy. It never is. And I'm not just talking about girl and guy, girlfriend, boyfriend, husband and wife. I'm talking about family, friends - all of that.
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As a heart surgeon I am on constant call, and when not researching or giving lectures, I like to be with my family.
