Ami Bera Quotes

#1. I believe in the American Dream, because I've lived it.

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#2. My job as a physician is to make sure I have provided my patients with the best options to make the decisions that affect their lives.

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#3. Patient autonomy is paramount to the oath that we take when we enter the profession of medicine. That is why I am appalled when the federal government gets between my patients and their right to the full range of medical information and complete access to health care.

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#4. Inner happiness actually is the fuel of success.

John Hagelin

#5. That, if a straight line falling on two straight lines makes the interior angles on the same side less than two right angles, the two straight lines, if produced indefinitely, meet on that side on which the angles are less than two right angles.

Euclid

#6. I was born and raised in California and benefited from California's excellent public schools, from kindergarten through medical school.

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#7. What you say and do in a crisis matters.

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#8. Maybe some things aren't meant to be known. maybe there just meant to be accepted.

Wendy Mass

#9. Capitalism is first and foremost a historical social system.

Immanuel Wallerstein

#10. As a physician, I would never encroach upon the religious freedoms of my patients.

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#11. Do not hide your ignorance, because somebody might help you! Hiding always prolongs the problems.

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#12. If done correctly, strengthening our trade relationship with India will create jobs here in America.

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#13. I ran for Congress because I want to make sure others have the same chance at the dream that I had for generations to come.

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#14. When I took the Hippocratic oath and was effectively 'sworn in' as a doctor, I took the same vow that doctors have taken for generations. Patient autonomy is core to this oath.

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#15. I love the opportunity to help my patients, to work with them to find the best course of action to get them healthy and to give them the information they need to stay healthy.

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#16. I hope I'll have the opportunity to debate how we reform and update our immigration system. I will relate my own story and that of the countless immigrants whose American Dream stories have helped build our country into the greatest nation in the world.

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#17. Just like you can't cure a patient without listening to what he's feeling, you can't cure a nation without hearing what the people are really asking for.

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#18. For the vast majority of Americans who work hard and play by the rules, paying the bills may be hard some months, but it's something we always do.

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#19. Sometimes as a parent, you have to give your child that doesn't do his or her chores some tough love and withhold the allowance.

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#20. For the record, I believe that women and their doctors should have access to oral contraception when desired by the patient and medically appropriate.

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#21. If our nation is to rebuild opportunity for future generations, it will require our elected leaders to realize that their responsibility lies not with their political party, but rather with the American people that they have been chosen to represent.

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#22. Don't cry over me, Liv, I'm not worth it." "You like to pretend you're so tough." She smiled, a delicate, shaky curl of her lips. "How about you don't cry over me, okay?" He lifted their hands, still gripped together, and kissed her knuckles. "You're totally worth my tears, baby.

Zoe York

#23. When you're so undecided, it's better not to do anything, the right course of action is to take no action at all

Mary Kennedy

#24. As a doctor, I understand how actions can affect lives.

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#25. As a doctor, I've learned the importance and value of listening.

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#26. I write fiction for lots of reasons. One is power. I'm in charge when I write. So are you. You create the world of the story. You make the rules.

Gail Carson Levine

#27. We can do better, and we must hold the politicians accountable to do better.

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#28. [On culture] It's living the core values when you hire; when you write an email; when you are working on a project; when you are walking in the hall.

Brian Chesky