Abraham Verghese Quotes

What we need in medical schools is not to teach empathy, as much as to preserve it - the process of learning huge volumes of information about disease, of learning a specialized language, can ironically make one lose sight of the patient one came to serve; empathy can be replaced by cynicism.

Abraham Verghese

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LearningMedicalEmpathyLanguage

I give off rather mixed messages about the law. On the one hand, I can honestly say I don't miss working in a law office. On the other hand I do enjoy watching the law and while the profession may have its problems, I have sold zillions of books out of magnifying them.

John Grisham

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The Census Bureau can ask citizens very invasive questions, and if they don't respond, the government shows up at their door and threatens them with a fine.

Jeff Duncan

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I had been struggling with how to create a child-like protagonist's voice without making it sound as though I was 'dumbing down' to the character. They are able to see events, people and places with an intensity and open mindedness that adults lack.

An Na

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I discover real-time news far more often on Facebook than on Google News or a regular Google search.

Marvin Ammori

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I wish I'd gotten sober at a younger age.

Janice Dickinson

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'The Duino Elegies' are notoriously cryptic, and part of the reason why I have always loved them is because they invite multiple readings over the course of a lifetime.

Dinaw Mengestu

LovedWhyReasonAlwaysOverInvite

Not everything in old age is grim. I haven't walked through an airport for years, and wheelchairs are the way to travel.

Donald Hall

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I subconsciously mimic whomever I'm talking to, so I've been mistaken for a Canadian, a South American, and somebody from the West Country.

Chloe Pirrie

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Too many new writers dress up old cliches.

Christopher Fowler

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Celebrity nowadays is so fleeting.

Aubrey O'Day

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A greater persecution shall befall the Christian Church than has ever been in Africa, and will last until the year 1792, when there will be a revision of centuries.

Nostradamus

ChurchChristianYearWillAfrica

Every time I make a new album, I get better and better.

Rza

TimeBetterNewGetMakeAlbum

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