"You know, I'm a physician. I like to diagnose things. And, you know, I've diagnosed some pretty, pretty significant issues that I think a lot of people resonate with."
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"The mind controls so much of the body. We are much more than flesh and blood; we are complex systems. Patients do better when they have faith that they're going to do better. That's why I always tell my patients and their families not to neglect their prayers. There's nobody I don't say that to."
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"Anyone with a normal brain can do almost anything."
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"Anyone who can't learn from other people's mistakes simply can't learn, and that;s all there is to it. There is value in the wrong way of doing things. The knowledge gained from errors contributes to our knowledge base."
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"I first wanted to be a psychiatrist. I decided against that in medical school when I discovered that psychiatrists didn't, in reality, do what they did on TV."
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"I don't want my kids to grow up with no father like I did. I came to the conclusion a while ago that you can work until midnight and not be finished or you can work until 6 or 7 and not be finished. I decided I'd rather work until 6 or 7."
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"Stop thinking of failing."
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"You're going to be much less likely to point the finger at somebody and create a huge brouhaha when it wasn't necessary if you had stopped and asked yourself, 'Could I have done things to prevent this situation?'"
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"I struggled academically throughout elementary school"
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"Education is a fundamental principle of what made America a success. We can't afford to throw any young people away."
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"A lot of people simply don't realize their potential because they're just so risk adverse. They just don't want to take the risk."
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"God cares about every area of our lives, and God wants us to ask for help."
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"We should be concerned not only about the health of individual patients, but also the health of our entire society."
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"I now had enough faith not only to believe there were answer, but to feel certain that those answers would become apparent at some point in the future."
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"You've promised that if we come to You and ask something in faith, that You'll do it."
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"There is no fulfillment in things whatsoever. And I think one of the reasons that depression reigns supreme amongst the rich and famous is some of them thought that maybe those things would bring them happiness. But what, in fact, does is having a cause, having a passion. And that's really what gives life's true meaning."
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"It's a failure only if you don't get anything out of it, Thomas Edison said he knew 999 ways that a light bulb did not work; yet we have lights today."
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"Before GOD,no god,after him,there will be no GOD."
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"Use PMA: Positive Mental Actitude."
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"Why should I give someone else such power over my life?"
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