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" I tended to faint when I saw accident victims in the emergency ward, during surgery, or while drawing blood. "
Michael Crichton
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" They are focused on whether they can do something. They never think whether they should do something. "
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" Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you're being had. "
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" Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it. "
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