Skill, surgeons believe, can be taught; tenacity cannot. - Atul Gawande

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We witnessed for ourselves the consequences of living for the best possible day today instead of sacrificing time now for time later.

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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End · October 7, 2014 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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you live longer only when you stop trying to live longer.

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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End · October 7, 2014 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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we need practice to get good at what we do. There is one difference in medicine, though: it is people we practice upon.

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Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science · April 1, 2003 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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