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Elizabeth Kenny
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“Some minds remain open long enough for the truth not only to enter but to pass on through by way of a ready exit without pausing anywhere along the route.”
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“... memories do not always behave in an orderly way, but bloom, as it were, erratically ...”
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“... medicine is such a jealous lover that lately the only exercise I get is putting my foot down. For social life, I climb into the front seats of taxicabs on my way to work and talk to the drivers. Very interesting fellows.”
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“My mother used to say, 'He who angers you, conquers you!' But my mother was a saint.”
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“I'd like to live every moment of my life, but not a moment after.”
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“It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.”
Elizabeth Kenny, Australian nurse
(1880 - 1952)
Known as Sister Kenny.