"One of my surgical giant friends had in his operating room a sign "If the operation is difficult, you aren't doing it right." What he meant was, you have to plan every operation You cannot ever be casual You have to realize that any operation is a potential fatality."

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Source : "A Conversation With: Joseph E. Murray; On Surgical Innovation And The Questions It Can Raise". Interview With Cornelia Dean, www.nytimes.com. September 25, 2001.

Joseph Murray

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“The whole point of faith, in fact, is to believe regardless of the evidence, which is the very antithesis of science.”

Source : Michael Shermer (2003). “How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God”, p.407, Macmillan
“I had a Spider-man costume when I was about three, and I lost the mask. So I went to the underwear drawer and put a pair of red pants on my head. My dad came home and just laughed, and I ran into my room and burst into tears.”
“You may be right in believing that if you study hard, one day you might become fluent in English. But you will still look Chinese, and when people meet you, theyâ€™ll see a Chinese girl no matter how well you speak English. Youâ€™ll always be expected to know Chinese, and if you donâ€™t, Iâ€™m afraid they will not respect you as much.”

Source : Adeline Yen Mah (2009). “Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter”, p.151, Laurel Leaf
“It's complicated. On the one hand we're killer apes, and on the other hand we have this metaphysical longing.”
“With love, you should go ahead and take the risk of getting hurt because love is an amazing feeling.”
“Our bodies don't know how to digest these 'food like' products resulting in stress and weight gain! Nourish your body with real foods and it will shine for you.”
“You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you are free to do and it accords with your nature, but perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could avoid.”
“When dogs are actually looking at you, they're essentially hugging you with their eyes.”

Source : The smartest dog in the world, www.cbsnews.com. October 05, 2014.

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