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“I don't get all the women that I want... I get all the women that want me.”

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David Lee Roth, born on October 10, 1954, is a renowned American rock vocalist. Known for his distinctive voice and stage presence, he was the lead singer of the rock band Van Halen, bringing numerous classic rock hits to the band. more

“Good checklists, on the other hand are precise. They are efficient, to the point, and easy to use even in the most difficult situations. They do not try to spell out everything--a checklist cannot fly a plane. Instead, they provide reminders of only the most critical and important steps--the ones that even the highly skilled professional using them could miss. Good checklists are, above all, practical.”

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Book:The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

Source: The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

“The striking thing is that WHO doesn't really have the authority to do any of this. It can't tell governments what to do. It hires no vaccinators, distributes no vaccine. It is a small Geneva bureaucracy run by several hundred international delegates whose annual votes tell the organization what to do but not how to do it.…The only substantial resource that WHO has cultivated is information and expertise.”

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Book:Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance

Source: Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance

“The possibilities and probabilities are all we have to work with in medicine, though. What we are drawn to in this imperfect science, what we in fact covet in our way, is the alterable moment-the fragile but crystalline opportunity for one's know-how, ability, or just gut instinct to change the course of another's life for the better.”

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Book:Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

Source: Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

“I chose surgery because I thought that perhaps this would make me more like the kind of person I wanted to be.”

Kind Persons Wanted Surgery

Author:Atul Gawande

“What about regular professionals, who just want to do what they do as well as they can?”

Want Wells

Author:Atul Gawande

“What is the alternative to understanding the complexity of the world?”

World Understanding Alternatives Complexity

Author:Atul Gawande

“A failure often does not have to be a failure at all. However, you have to be ready for it-will you admit when things go wrong? Will you take steps to set them right?-because the difference between triumph and defeat, you'll find, isn't about willingness to take risks. It's about mastery of rescue.”

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Author:Atul Gawande

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