"My sense is that the wonderful technology that we have to visualize the inside of the body often leaves physicians feeling that the exam is a waste of time and so they may shortchange the ritual."

-- Abraham Verghese

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“I would often find myself, at the age of 21, at midnight, running down a dark street on my own with 10 men chasing me. And the fact they had cameras in their hands made that legal.”
“Since the beginning of time, children have not liked to study. They would much rather play, and if you have their interests at heart, you will let them learn while they play; they will find that what they have mastered is child's play.”

Source : "Langley Schools Music Project Innocence and Despair" by Dominique Leone, pitchfork.com. January 6, 2002.
“reading is not a passive act. It's a creative act. It's a relationship between the writer and a person the writer will probably never meet. I think it's very wrong to write in a way that leaves no room for the reader to maneuver. I don't want to get in the way. What I'd really like to do is to perform the Indian Rope Trick - go higher and higher and eventually disappear.”

Source : Interview with Lori Blackman, www.cnn.com. August 9, 2000.
“You can turn off the sun, but I'm still gonna shine”

Source : Song: The Remedy
“As he walks away on his own two feet--the toddler's body-mind has reached its moment of perfection. The world is his and he the mighty conqueror of all he beholds.... As long as mother sticks around in the wings, the mighty acrobat confidently performs his trick of twirling in circles, walking on tiptoe, jumping, climbing, staring, naming. He is joyous, filled with his grandeur and wondrous omnipotence.”
“Everyone longs to be free. Freedom is our essential nature, so my ultimate prayer is that the world is set free to experience the truth and the beauty of our own being.”
“Our citizens will lose their confidence or trust in the values and principles of the international community, especially if our personal identity is denied.”

Source : "Man of Vision: Interview with the President Of the Republic of Macedonia Mr. Boris Trajkovski". "Macedonia: A Nation at a Crossroads" by Sam Vaknin, February 12, 2009.
“I looked into the mirror and saw this middle-aged woman who keeps invading my face.”

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