"I always wanted to be a surgeon, because……" — Magdi Yacoub

"I always wanted to be a surgeon, because I had a lot of admiration for my father, who is also a surgeon. I also wanted to be a heart surgeon. That was motivated by the fact that my young aunt, a sister of my dad, died in her early 20s of a correctable heart disease."

— Magdi Yacoub

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A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment. — Jane Austen
No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can… — Jane Austen
As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long… — John Adams
Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object. — Joseph Addison
This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble. — Ludwig van Beethoven
Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves. — Ambrose Bierce
He who goes unenvied shall not be admired. — Aeschylus
He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander. — Napoleon Bonaparte
I have such admiration for single mothers. I simply don't comprehend how you'd cope with that intensity, the lack of… — Jo Brand
I'm not anybody's judge; I don't know what motivates people to do what they do. But I have a lot… — Wilford Brimley
Here in Barcelona, it's the architects who built the buildings that made the city iconic who are the objects of… — Julie Burchill
Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire. — Dale Carnegie

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