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Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them.

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This idea that clumsy, stumbling people are real bright is ridiculous, because intelligence is related to neurologic function, and really intelligent people are very well-coordinated.

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I knew that my father was going to die of heart disease, and I was trying to make a heart for him.

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Lipitor is one of the most researched medicines. I'm glad I take Lipitor, as a doctor, and a dad.

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I am a medical scientist, not a practical physician. I think it's very upfront. I am a doctor. I have long experience with heart disease.

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Our ad campaign with Pfizer is educational. Lipitor is the most widely prescribed drug in the country. For every prescription, there is a doctor writing it. It's a huge vote of confidence.

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There is a clear matter that I am not a practicing physician; I have never been a practitioner; everybody has known for decades.

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The artificial heart is very effective as a bridge to transplant, but the number of people that can be saved with human hearts is limited. A perfect artificial heart could save many more patients.

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As spokesman for Lipitor, I have been an advocate of preventive medicine in addition to my work with the Jarvik 2000 Heart, which has rescued people from death and sustained a patient with a normal, mobile lifestyle for seven and a half years - the longest in the world.

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I am, in fact, a medical doctor; I am a world expert in mechanical heart technology; and I am an athletically fit man who takes care of his own health through diet and exercise, including frequent five mile runs.

~Robert Jarvik

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Inventor

Born: May 14th, 1946

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