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Writing Lets You Step Back And Think Through A Problem. Even The Angriest Rant Forces The Writer To Achieve A Degree Of Thoughtfulness.

When I Do An Operation, It's Half A Dozen People. When It Goes Beautifully, It's Like A Symphony, With Everybody Playing Their Part.

Expertise Is The Mantra Of Modern Medicine.

Outsiders Tend To Be The First To Recognize The Inadequacies Of Our Social Institutions. But, Precisely Because They Are Outsiders, They Are Usually In A Poor Position To Fix Them.

This Was Not Guilt: Guilt Is What You Feel When You Have Done Something Wrong. What I Felt Was Shame: I Was What Was Wrong.