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Them Quotes by Atul Gawande
- Good checklists, on the other hand are precise. They are efficient, to the point, and easy to use even in the most difficult situations. They…
- A failure often does not have to be a failure at all. However, you have to be ready for it-will you admit when things go…
- Our reluctance to honestly examine the experience of aging and dying has increased the harm we inflict on people and denied them the basic comforts…
- I learned about a lot of things in medical school, but mortality wasn't one of them.
- As economists have often pointed out, we pay doctors for quantity, not quality. As they point out less often, we also pay them as individuals,…
- I think we are faced in medicine with the reality that we have to be willing to talk about our failures and think hard about…
- Outsiders tend to be the first to recognize the inadequacies of our social institutions. But, precisely because they are outsiders, they are usually in a…
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- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster