"One of the first things we teach medical students is to listen to the patient by taking a careful medical history. Ninety percent of the time, you can arrive at an uncannily accurate diagnosis by paying close attention, using physical examination and sophisticated lab test to confirm your hunch (and to increase the bill to the insurance company)."

-- Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

#Attention Quotes #Examination Quotes #Labs Quotes

“You don't stop running because you get old, you get old because you stop running.”

Source : Christopher McDougall (2010). “Born to Run: The hidden tribe, the ultra-runners, and the greatest race the world has never seen”, p.240, Profile Books
“When I was a kid I had this funny blonde hair and everyone called me 'Chick' because I looked like Tweety Bird.”
“He's not just the most powerful man in labor," Robert Kennedy had said in the wake of Hoffa's announcement; "he's the most powerful man in the country, next to the President.”
“Nakamura Tempu Sensei viewed the mind as a segment of the body that could not be seen and the body as the element of the mind that was observable. He also likened the mind and body to a stream, with the mind as the source flowing down to the body. Whatever we drop in the stream will be carried down by the current. In like manner, our thoughts will influence the body and our well being.”
“Depression is a real demon in the woods for a lot of creative people, you know? It's part of what the documentary is trying to be about for me, finding balance, where the beauty that is attainable in the creative arts can be matched with the scratchy roughness of regular life.”
“There is something profoundly satisfying about sharing a meal. Eating together, breaking bread together, is one of the oldest and most fundamentally unifying of human experiences.”
“You don't stick a knife in a man's back nine inches and then pull it out six inches and say you're making progress.”
“If I can add, say, 10 great new violin concertos to the repertoire before I'm done, that will be truly exciting.”

Source : "Leila Josefowicz: The thrill of the new". Interview With Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. July 24, 2010.

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