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Adeline Yen Mah
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“[On marriage:] Same bed, different dreams.”
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“The practice of anesthesia has been described as hours of boredom interrupted by moments of panic.”
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“On occasions, he felt completely misunderstood, rather like a chicken talking to a duck.”
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“Please believe that one single positive dream is more important than a thousand negative realities.”
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“... I got lost. When I asked the attendant at the filling station how I could get to UCLA, I was told that the best way was to study hard!”
Adeline Yen Mah, Chinese-born U.S. physician, writer, educator
(1937)