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We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery, and early death which, lest we forget, is the common lot.

Abraham Verghese

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Now, as to the problem of how much health care costs and how we reform health care … it is another story altogether.
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They realize the no money, no church service, no eulogy, no funeral procession no matter how elaborate, can remove the legacy of a mean spirit.
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Wasn’t that the definition of home? Not where you are from, but where you are wanted
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