“Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is.”
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It is infinitely better to transplant a heart than to bury it to be devoured by worms.
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If the poor overweight jogger only knew how far he had to run to work off the calories in a crust of bread he might find it better in terms of pound per mile to go to a massage parlor.
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On Saturday, I was a surgeon in South Africa, very little known. On Monday, I was world renowned.
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