Atul Gawande Quotes

There are, in human affairs, two kinds of problems: those which are amenable to a technical solution and those which are not. Universal health-care coverage belongs to the first category: you can pick one of several possible solutions, pass a bill, and (allowing for some tinkering around the edges) it will happen.

Atul Gawande

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I love everything about books. I love the content, the way they look and even the lovely way they smell. I think a book collection says something about you as a person, and certainly my books are something I'd want to pass on for future generations.

Jo Brand

LoveFutureBookThinkYouLook

Compared to other liberal cities like San Francisco and Amsterdam, New Yorkers are always trying to do something, make art or love or money or whatever, and they have this phobia about standing still.

John Cameron Mitchell

LoveArtMoneyTryingNewWhatever

Right now, if you're a talented developer or designer, government is what you go into if you can't get a better job.

Jennifer Pahlka

JobGovernmentBetterYouGoNow

I use vinegars to deglaze saute pans for sublime sauces.

Andrew Zimmern

UseSublime

My parents and my brothers and their wives are incredible and formed me as a person long before I got to Hollywood.

John Krasinski

ParentsMeLongPersonHollywood

My heroes - people like Woody Allen - were stand-up comedians. Therefore, I always felt I should give it a go.

Stephen Merchant

PeopleGoAlwaysHeroesComedians

I watch mostly every martial arts movie... I really like movies that aren't just martial arts. I like movies that have spiritual meaning behind them, like samurai movies, or movies that have meditation.

Tony Jaa

SpiritualMeaningMeditationMovies

Anyone who tries to diss me in comparison to Queen, it just renders all their criticisms completely futile. That's quite pleasurable.

Mika

QueenMeComparisonJustWhoQuite

This is something special. You can attempt to have a kind of non-living music.

Michael Tippett

MusicYouKindSpecialSomething

Sometimes altering your position is the right thing. Sometimes it's not.

LL Cool J

SometimesThe Right ThingRightYour

I am going to have to stick to the script. If I muck around with the words it will defeat the object.

Clive Anderson

WordsI AmDefeatWillStickGoing

I'm always dancing in my kitchen. And I love to sing. I've always sung. My father was a lovely singer. Always sang Jim Reeves at parties.

Anne-Marie Duff

LoveFatherKitchenLovelySinger

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