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I was never born to write. I was taught to write. And I am still being taught to write.

~Atul Gawande

Topics: Am Being Born Never Still Taught Write I Am

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Human beings are social creatures. We are social not just in the trivial sense that we like company, and not just in the obvious sense that we each depend on others. We are social in a more elemental way: simply to exist as a normal human being requires interaction with other people.

~Atul Gawande

Topics: Being Beings Company Creatures Depend Each Elemental Exist Human Human Being Human Beings Interaction Just Like More Normal Obvious Other Others People Requires Sense Simply Social Trivial Way

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Most people are squeamish about saying how much they earn, but in medicine the situation seems especially fraught. Doctors aren't supposed to be in it for the money, and the more concerned a doctor seems to be about making money the more suspicious people become about the care being provided.

~Atul Gawande

Topics: About Become Being Care Concerned Doctor Doctors Earn Fraught How How Much Making Making Money Medicine Money More Most Much People Provided Saying Seems Situation Supposed Suspicious

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The ruling idea of the politician - stated rather bluntly - is that those who are opposed to him exist for the purpose of being made to serve his ends, if he can get power enough in his hands to force these ends upon them.

~Auberon Herbert

Topics: Being Ends Enough Exist Force Get Hands He Him His Idea Made Opposed Politician Power Purpose Rather Ruling Serve Stated Them Those Who

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How can an act done under compulsion have any moral element in it, seeing that what is moral is the free act of an intelligent being?

~Auberon Herbert

Topics: Act Any Being Compulsion Done Element Free How Intelligent Moral Seeing

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Better to go than sit around being a terrible old bore.

~Auberon Waugh

Topics: Around Being Better Bore Go Old Sit Terrible Than

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The biggest handicap in research is an ability to think outside the box. The handicap is being encumbered by all the conventional wisdom in a given field.

~Aubrey De Grey

Topics: Ability Being Biggest Box Conventional Conventional Wisdom Field Given Handicap Outside Research Think Wisdom

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I'm pretty good at weaseling my way into a job, even if I have no business being there.

~Aubrey Plaza

Topics: Being Being There Business Even Good Job No Business Pretty Pretty Good Way

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I think being on a TV show is amazing but also, people get kind of used to seeing you a certain way and so it becomes a challenge to break free from that in a way.

~Aubrey Plaza

Topics: Also Amazing Becomes Being Break Certain Certain Way Challenge Free Get Kind People Seeing Show Think Tv Tv Show Used Way You I Think

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I just don't have a tolerance for people being fake, I don't think. Maybe especially when I think they have bad intentions.

~Aubrie Sellers

Topics: Bad Being Fake Intentions Just Maybe People Think Tolerance I Think

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