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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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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The United States of America became the envy of the world because we welcomed the best and brightest minds from anywhere on the planet and gave them the opportunity to succeed.
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I think all of us who kind of live within the sport recognize that Davis Cup certainly could be a little more visible if perhaps there were some adjustments made to it, and it was made a little bit more easy to understand for the fans, if there's a little bit more of a start and finish line.
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The American Humanist Association, whose slogan is 'Good without a God,' created the National Day of Reason with the Washington Area Secular Humanists to raise awareness about government threats to religious liberty and up the profile of the non-religious community.
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Mainly, life experiences with my family or travelling as a young kid, I feel like I had a different lifestyle than a lot of people leaving on tour when I was fourteen and stuff, so I pull from that.
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You always hear about delegation, but people make the mistake of delegating and not following up. I give authority, but I stay in touch. Otherwise it doesn't work.
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I mean, Emily Harris was his wife. And she seemed to resent his leadership, but on the other hand, she felt like a good soldier, that he had to be the leader.
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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
