Michael E. DeBakey quotes
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“Often a healing takes place in ourselves as we pray for the healing of others.”
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“Real success requires respect for and faithfulness to the highest human values-honesty, integrity, self-discipline, dignity, compassion, humility, courage, personal responsibility, courtesy, and human service.”
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“Studying music encourages self-discipline and diligence, traits that carry over into intellectual pursuits and that lead to effective study and work habits. An association of music and math has, in fact, long been noted. Creating and performing music promotes self-expression and provides self-gratification while giving pleasure to others. In medicine, increasing published reports demonstrate that music has a healing effect on patients. For all these reasons, it deserves strong support in our educational system, along with the other arts, the sciences, and athletics.”
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“Good information is the best medicine.”
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“The natural history of science is the study of the unknown. If you fear it you're not going to study it and you're not going to make any progress.”
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“I have little tolerance for incompetence, sloppy thinking, and laziness.”
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“An inquiring, analytical mind; an unquenchable thirst for new knowledge; and a heartfelt compassion for the ailing - these are prominent traits among the committed clinicians who have preserved the passion for medicine.”
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“I think human beings have an innate desire to help each other. And whether you're in medicine or anything else, if you see someone that you can help...you get a gratification from doing it. In fact, I think that is perhaps the most important, you might say, fabric that holds the society together.”
-- Michael E. DeBakeySource : Source: www.achievement.org
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“Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.”
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Source : "'We Should Not Fear Being Called Radical'". Interview with Farish A. Noor, theseoultimes.com.
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Source : Adam Hamilton (2013). “When Christians Get It Wrong”, p.110, Abingdon Press
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