"To become comfortable with uncertainty is one of the primary goals in the training of a physician."

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Source : Sherwin B. Nuland (2008). “The Uncertain Art: Thoughts on a Life in Medicine”, p.13, Random House

Sherwin B. Nuland

#Goal Quotes #Training Quotes #Physicians Quotes

“I can be shy when I talk to women. I'm a shy dude.”
“Throughout the developed world,we have moved from "man power"to "mind power."We have moved from the use of physical muscle to the use of mental muscle.”
“You never know the palette of the one you kill until the mind disgorges its finest colours.”
“When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good. There have been times when I have been flat-out to finish sixth, but you can't see that from the outside. In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place. I pushed like mad, yet everyone was gathered around the winner and they were thinking that I was just trundling around. But that's motor racing. So in fact the only thing you can judge in this sport is the long term. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“A strong accountability system needs to broaden, not narrow, the curriculum. That cannot happen if you only have accountability without adequate school funding. Until Tallahassee understands the need to raise the bar as well as the financial investment, Florida will continue to celebrate mediocrity at the expense of true achievement.”
“If by chance I seated myself to write, she very slyly, very tenderly, seeking protection and caresses, would softly take her place on my knee and follow the comings and goings of my pen - sometimes effacing, with an unintentional stroke of her paw, lines of whose tenor she disapproved.”
“Random violence is incredibly infectious”
“I am also interested in music expanding consciousness. By expanding consciousness, I mean that old patterns can be replaced with new ones.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

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