"I've had opportunities before to run for office - the Republicans recruited me when I was surgeon general, to run for Congress, to run against Gov. Napolitano. But I didn't feel it was my calling... I felt, 'Well, I'm flattered, but I really would rather stay and be the doctor of the nation and stay as surgeon general.'"

-- Richard Carmona

#Running Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Doctors Quotes

“What's best about those seaside towns is that they are like time warps, and that's why people go there.”

Source : Harland Miller (2007). “International lonely guy”, Rizzoli Intl Pubns
“The common curse of mankind, folly, ignorance and stupidity.”
“I don't suppose I'll ever retire completely.”
“Your very eyes. How they have always been for me the command to obey, the inviolable and beautiful commandment. No, no, I'm not telling lies. Your appearance in the doorway! ... You have been my body's health. Whenever I have read a book, it was you I was reading, not the book, you were the book. You were, you were.”
“Curiosity is an enormous challenge to godly living.”
“No one gets left behind, you know that.”

Source : "Fictional character: Struecker". "Black Hawk Down", www.imdb.com. December 18, 2001.
“When I produce someone's record I have to remember it's their record..no matter what I bring to it..er, sometimes that's not too easy:) It is a responsibility made less easy by people I work with encouraging me to play guitar on their record...A soon as I start playing guitar on someone's record it inevitably starts to sound like me...not always a good thing.”
“I'm too diplomatic. I tend to edit my mind before I speak - it can be incredibly draining.”

Source : Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. February 29, 2008.

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