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Zacharia Grami's favorite quotes


"Your deeds are your monuments" - found inscribed on an Egyptian tomb

"If you have the choice between being right and being kind, choose kind" - Dr. Wayne Dyer (I found this quote when watching the movie Wonder, and what a wonderful movie it was)

"It takes a village to make a doctor" - an SP at McGovern Medical School

This isn't exactly a quote, but it is something really striking that impacted me; a patient told us a story of great socioeconomic strife in her life, and at the time she was also suffering significant medical concerns - the attending asked if she'd benefit from a referral to the social working team and she responded along the lines of "that's wonderful, but I feel like some things only God can help me with." I felt so powerless in that situation - after all, my passion for medicine boils down to helping people.

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