Atul Gawande Quotes
The history of American agriculture suggests that you can have transformation without a master plan, without knowing all the answers up front.
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Reading allows me to recharge my batteries.
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I left my job in the fall, and now I can set my life up around writing instead of squeezing writing into my day; it's amazing to have that time, and I feel very lucky.
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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Shareholders need to have a real interest in the companies they own. Too many are simply too busy - they are asleep at the wheel.
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Inside every adult male is a denied little boy.
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I have a song about being in love. I have a song about being supportive. There's inspiring ones, and there's some that show a little bit more fun and daring. It really is a range of who I am.
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I'm happy to fight anybody.
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You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.
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One of the things jazz has always excelled at is translating the reality of the times through its musical prism.
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'Mama's Family' was kind of like everyone's guilty pleasure.
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There is still a funny notion that women should not write violent fiction.
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Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.
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There's monsters in all of us, but there's also vulnerability.
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What impresses men is not mind, but the result of mind.
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Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.
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I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.
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People always ask me if I'm nervous about the intense sci-fi fans. To me that doesn't seem weird or scary. I get really intense about my favorite sci-fi shows, my favorite shows in general.
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Mankind: A quality of life upgrade is available to each and every one of you. It should give you a quality of life upgrade, which means no drugs, no alcohol, no fast food - unless, of course, it's a mallard.
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After an age of leaves and feathers someone dead thought of the mountain as money and cut the trees that were here and the wind and the rain at night. It is hard to say it.
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I've always felt that the obligation of teachers is to have a huge, broad overview and to provide a foundation course to the students. The long view of history is absolutely crucial.
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Sanity and clarity are more important for me and I'm willing to give up a lot of shimmer for it. I'm willing to have more boring friends, who are sane.
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It is a peculiarity of the American mind that it regards any excursion into the truth as an adventure into cynicism.
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I'm persuaded that sports is the one place where the rules are pretty well set out, where fans are equal. And if you got game or you're a good official, you make it here, whether you're white or you're black.
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The history of American agriculture suggests that you can have transformation without a master plan, without knowing all the answers up front.
