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" I've got so many weaknesses. "

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" My mother was all about unconditional love, and I don't think we give that to our patients a lot. At the end of the day, what they really need you to do is to look at them in the eye and say, 'I'm here for you. I'm going to make sure this works out.' "

" We are spending most of our time in American health care fixing the mistakes that either we in the profession are causing or our patients are, without recognizing it, causing to themselves. "

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" We're all human beings, but some of us are more sophisticated at covering our flaws. We're just smart enough to lie to ourselves that everything is OK. "

" The rule I use is, If it doesn't come out of the ground looking the way it looks when you eat it, be careful. "

" Medicine has always been my calling. "

" Hostility comes from loneliness, from not seeing yourself like a drop falling into the ocean of humanity like everyone else. "

" In Turkey, you're not allowed to be left alone in the hospital. The nurse teaches the family how to do things, and somebody is always there with the patient. "

" As a surgeon you have to have a controlled arrogance. If it's uncontrolled, you kill people, but you have to be pretty arrogant to saw through a person's chest, take out their heart and believe you can fix it. Then, when you succeed and the patient survives, you pray, because it's only by the grace of God that you get there. "

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" True health care reform cannot happen in Washington. It has to happen in our kitchens, in our homes, in our communities. All health care is personal. "