Axel Munthe Quotes
I was not a good doctor, my studies had been too rapid, my hospital training too short, but there is not the slightest doubt that I was a successful doctor. What is the secret of success? To inspire confidence. What is confidence? ... I do not know, I only know that it cannot be acquired by book reading, nor by the bedside of our patients. It is a magic gift granted by birth-right to one man and denied to another. The doctor who possesses this gift can almost raise the dead
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Kids love to look at pictures of themselves.
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I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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I've had the good fortune to have a much more diverse life than most people would, professional sports and television and news and movies.
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It is time for Hillary Clinton to permanently retire.
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I think the key for any kind of artist - and this transcends music - is a certain degree of authenticity and sincerity.
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We don't have as many managers as we should, but we would rather have too few than too many.
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It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws.
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Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.
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Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.
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I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.
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Discipline is not a nasty word.
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It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.
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Relationships can be very traumatic. But being in a healthy relationship can be very empowering.
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Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals.
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Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance.
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You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
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I did not want to go out at 5:30 in the morning with my stocking cap and my navy pea coat on and shoot lines and grades for the rest of my life.
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I studied at UC Santa Cruz before going on to do a grad program at UCLA. Santa Cruz was like an awesome hippie summer camp. I got to take a vacation from reality and hang out on beaches and in forests.
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I was 175 pounds at 13 years old and 5 feet tall.
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A large family and Democrats have a lot in common: teenagers and Democrats are always happy spending other people's money.
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When you start to have success, people look at you differently and expect more from you. With that comes a lot of pressure to perform, so it can be a little overwhelming.
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With any book, I try to find where the manner of the making of the book is appropriate to the matter of the subject.
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I was not a good doctor, my studies had been too rapid, my hospital training too short, but there is not the slightest doubt that I was a successful doctor. What is the secret of success? To inspire confidence. What is confidence? ... I do not know, I only know that it cannot be acquired by book reading, nor by the bedside of our patients. It is a magic gift granted by birth-right to one man and denied to another. The doctor who possesses this gift can almost raise the dead
