Atul Gawande Quotes

Health care confronts us with a difficult test. We have never corrected failure in something so deeply embedded in people's lives and in the economy without the pressure of an outright crisis.

Atul Gawande

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Even though I don't write about things that come from my life because I'm lucky, and I live in a great place with great kids and, you know, a great husband, I think you can find threads of me in the characters, so that's really what being a writer is, probably.

Jodi Picoult

LifeLiveGreatMeHusbandThink

I was a freshman at Stanford University the first time someone called me a 'bama.' One of my new friends from D.C. said it, laughing, and even though I didn't know what it meant, exactly, I got that it was some kind of insult. I must have smirked or shrugged, which made him laugh harder, and then he called me 'country,' too.

Jesmyn Ward

TimeMeLaughFriendsSomeoneKnow

Praise the sea, on shore remain.

John Florio

SeaPraiseShoreRemain

I loved riding bikes and horses. I was eight when I started having lessons, and when my father bought me my own horse I couldn't wait to go off on my own.

Andrea Bocelli

FatherMeWaitLovedHorseGo

And I cannot tell you how much I appreciate that because the days are long, the road is hard, the trials are there and I never know when, I have this little gray cloud that's over my head, when it's gonna start raining on me again. And I do need everyone's prayers. But I also believe that we're here for a purpose, and Mitt is prepared.

Ann Romney

PurposeMeStartRoadBelieveYou

After years of mass immigration, falling wages, and surging joblessness, isn't it time we focused on the needs of the people living here today? Isn't it time we got our own people back to work?

Jeff Sessions

WorkTodayTimePeopleImmigration

As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

Solomon Ibn Gabirol

LoveThornsLilyDaughtersAmong

I love Jerry Lewis. I loved Jim Carrey when I was younger, and Mike Myers and Phil Hartman, all the 'Saturday Night Live' people in the late '80s.

Simon Helberg

LoveLivePeopleNightLovedLate

Nobody intimidates me.

Mike Singletary

MeNobody

I am a big defender of 'Harry Potter,' and I think any book that gets kids to read are books that we should cherish, we should be thankful for them.

Judy Blume

ThankfulI AmBookThinkCherish

I was an avid reader as a child. I am losing that habit now, as my brain congeals into cabbage from wearing too many heels and too much foundation.

Swara Bhaskar

HabitI AmLosingChildBrainNow

I think, if I had a dad, I would have went the normal college route. I'm so stoked my life panned out how it was.

Tyler, The Creator

LifeCollegeThinkMy LifeOutHow

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