"The man who inspired me most, I think, was Dr. Alfred Blalock, who was professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins. He was a rather simple man with a burning curiosity. It was through his curiosity that he made many real contributions to medical science."

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Source : "Presidential Medal of Freedom". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. April 11, 1991.

Denton Cooley

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“Nuclear power is not a miracle key for the future.”
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“Sometimes when we touch..The honesty's too much, and I have to close my eyes and hide. I want to hold you till I die, 'til we both break down and cry, I want to hold you till this fear in me subsides.”
“Everyone wants immediate success, immediate celebrity, and that doesn't produce what used to be artists.”

Source : "Calm after the storm" by John O'Mahony, www.theguardian.com. September 20, 2002.
“The sobbing wind is fierce and strong; its cry is like a human wail.”
“Simply stated, it is sagacious to eschew obfuscation.”
“If a white man wants to lynch me, thatâ€™s his problem. If heâ€™s got the power to lynch me, thatâ€™s my problem. Racism is not a question of attitude; itâ€™s a question of power.”
“I am wearing a gray shirt, blue jeans, black shoes--new clothes, but beneath them, my Dauntless tattoos. It is impossible to erase my choices. Especially these.”

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