Atul Gawande Quotes

Oliver Sacks remains my hero to this day. He was one of the first medical writers I read. The other was Lewis Thomas, who is no longer alive but is just heroic to me.

Atul Gawande

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HeroDayMedicalMeAliveFirst

Again, as egotistical as I am, as self-centered as I am, and as much as I love strangers idolizing me, I find it very crass to be self-promoter in a way.

John Larroquette

LoveI AmMeStrangersFindWay

When people are getting on me for being at a Ranger game at 7 o'clock at night, they don't see what I've done between yoga, Pilates, workout, thrown, ran, done all my work by 5 o'clock, ate, and then I went to the game. Nobody is seeing that. Nobody is commenting on that.

Matt Harvey

WorkPeopleMeNightGameSeeing

I always thought of my career as a body of work and not just about numbers.

Steve Garvey

WorkThoughtBodyCareerNumbers

You kind of form a bond with your subjects, in a way. You're in it together. To a degree that people don't realize, documentary films - or at least the kind of documentary films I'm interested in - are a collaborative undertaking with the subjects.

Steve James

TogetherPeopleBondYouKindWay

I think we have the wrong notion of commercial and intellectual or artistic film. Because all films are commercial.

Luc Besson

ThinkWrongIntellectualFilmNotion

There is no limit to suffering human beings have been willing to inflict on others, no matter how innocent, no matter how young, and no matter how old. This fact must lead all reasonable human beings, that is, all human beings who take evidence seriously, to draw only one possible conclusion: Human nature is not basically good.

Dennis Prager

NatureGoodSufferingHuman Nature

I'm never short of inspiration. There are always new ideas - and new adventures.

Anouska Hempel

IdeasShortNewNeverInspiration

The results of political changes are hardly ever those which their friends hope or their foes fear.

Thomas Huxley

FearHopePoliticalFriendsResults

When I was young, I used to watch videos of Ali boxing, with my dad. It set me on the road. I wanted to be like Ali. I wanted to have my own Nicki shuffle and everything.

Nicola Adams

MeRoadBoxingYoungMy OwnOwn

Building fast-growing, globally competitive companies is tough.

Kevin O'Leary

BuildingToughCompetitiveCompanies

I love black diamonds. They say your watch or jewelry wasn't cheap, but they aren't too flashy and in your face.

Justin Tuck

LoveJewelryFaceBlackDiamonds

It is easy to force a reader or viewer to interact. The trick is in making them want to interact, and in letting the story unfold hand-in-hand with that.

Dave Morris

StoryEasyWantForceMakingUnfold

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