Magdi Yacoub quotes
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“My dad was a surgeon in Egypt. He was a general surgeon. As a little boy I always admired what he was doing, and I wanted to do surgery.”
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“I dont have any regrets. I consider myself really privileged to belong to medicine and do what I do. I would do it all again.”
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“What I worry about is the lack of understanding in society around the world that there is a divide in the world between those who have and those who do not.”
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“As a heart surgeon I am on constant call, and when not researching or giving lectures, I like to be with my family.”
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“I actually consider myself as totally privileged to be able to serve science and medicine in a global fashion, because science and medicine know no boundaries.”
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“It is totally unacceptable that there are countries with no paediatric cardiac surgeries.”
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“The nanofibrillar scaffolds designed to guide the process of cellular repopulation is an important step towards prolonging life and enhancing the quality of life for patients with advanced heart disease with defective valve.”
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“I have a charity called the Chain Of Hope, where we target children from poor areas where heart surgery is not available, and we offer our services.”
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“My dad is a Deadhead, my mom's a Jewish-American princess from Jersey.”
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“Sawyer was always the Vincent boy worth fighting for. He's the special one.”
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Source : "For Ahmed Ben Bella, the liberation of the people in the South is still unachieved". Interview with Silvia Cattori, www.voltairenet.org. May 9, 2006.
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“It has been aptly said that all Egypt is but the facade of an immense sepulcher.”
Source : Amelia B. Edwards (2011). “Pharaohs, Fellahs and Explorers”, p.5, Cambridge University Press
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“The only matter that could take Egypt to war again is water.”
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