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No matter what ailed you, you went to see the barber surgeon who wound up cupping you, bleeding you, purging you.

Abraham Verghese

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If you keep saying your slippers aren’t yours, then you’ll die searching, you’ll die bitter, always feeling you were promised more.
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Always Bitter Feeding Keep Promise Saying Searching Slipper
My sense is that the wonderful technology that we have to visualize the inside of the body often leaves physicians feeling that the exam is a waste of time and so they may shortchange the ritual.
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Body Feeling Leave Physician Sense Technology Visualize Wonderful
Being the first born gives you great patience.
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Being Born First Giving Great Patience
That’s the funny thing about America–the blessed thing. As many people as there are to hold you back, there are angels whose humanity makes up for all the others.
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Angel Back Blessed Country Funny Hold People Thank You Thing
Geography is destiny.
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Culture Destiny Geography Gift Offering Past Tradition Wisdom
You are an instrument of God. Don’t leave the instrument sitting in its case, my son. Play! Leave no part of your instrument unexplored. .
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God Instrument Leave Play Sitting Son Three
I’ve had my share of angels.
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Angel Gift Surprise Mine Share Unique
Sandip Roy has broken new ground in this tale of the modern Indian family. A lovely read
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Broken Family Ground Indian Modern New Read Sandip Roy Tale
Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.
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Action Destiny Idea Innovation Omission Success
For one who has an interest in the body as text, airports are treasure troves of information.
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Airports Body Country Doe Information Interest Opportunity Treasure
I had an uncle who, looking back, was probably not the most-educated physician around but he carried it off so well.
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Back Carried Educated Looking Physician Probably Uncle Well
A discourse that begins at a book club in a living room, but then spreads. That is meaningful to me.
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Begin Boo Club Discourse Living Meaningful Room Spread
We have the sense that medical students come to medicine with a great capacity to understand the suffering of patients.
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Capacity Great Medicine Patient Sense Student Suffering Year
How we treat the least of our brethren,… that’s the measure of this country.
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Brethren Country Least Measure Treat
Certainly when I got to medical school, I had role models of the kind of physicians I wanted to be.
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Certainly Medical Model Physician Role School Uncle
I was taking care of people my age who were dying. The constant feeling, hearing from them, was that life is transient and can end very quickly, so don’t postpone your dreams.
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Age Care Constant Dream Dying Feeling Hearing People Taking Transient

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