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I Can Do It Quotes (page 17)

William Osler quote: "It is astonishing with how little reading a doctor can..."
It is astonishing with how little reading a doctor can practice medicine, but is not astonishing how badly he may do it. William Osler
Its highest point was The Worst Journey in the World. Then you see this decline, and this harking back, using the 19th-century form when we're not in the 19th century. That way of writing a book about the world out there - you just can't do it anymore. Robyn Davidson
Reese Hoffa quote: "It takes a strong character for a person to say, 'I can't do it.'"
It takes a strong character for a person to say, 'I can't do it.' Reese Hoffa
It's funny because I think a lot of it is simply... We've never considered ourselves satirists, but because we're on Comedy Central and because we're South Park on Comedy Central, we can do any topic we want. Trey Parker
It's great to watch someone get the most out of what they can do, whether they're a beautiful performer or just a really gritty performer. It's something to behold. John Turturro
It's always nerve-racking to take off your clothes on film. But doing it with a woman felt safer than with a man. You know you can say, 'Don't grab me there: That's where my cellulite is'! Naomi Watts
It's hard to bring up your children on benefit. It's easier if you can do part- time work, or even full-time work, and actually have a better standard of living, and that's the direction in which we are going. Harriet Harman
Brandy Norwood quote: "It may not be the best in someone else's eyes, but it's the..."
It may not be the best in someone else's eyes, but it's the best I can do. Brandy Norwood
It was just really, really tough getting anything when you were a female. Basically, I just took advantage of everything I could. But when people are going to flat out tell you they're not going to hire anyone that's female, there's not much you can do about it. Shannon Lucid
It comes down to something really simple: Can I visualize myself playing those scenes? If that happens, then I know that I will probably end up doing it. Jessica Lange
It's very important to me to love what I do. It was important to me to find a career that I truly enjoy. You can find something that sort of excites you, that's half the battle of life. Adam Brody
It is a different world than when I was growing up, and you started to just kind of maintain at thirty-five and just hope you can hope it together. People are a lot more vital than I am and doing all kinds of things and leading really important movements. Susan Sarandon
It's no good being nice and young and naive. There's no good in that at all. You've got to do it all yourself, and you've gotta learn quick. And you can't look for sympathy either. Johnny Rotten
It's been important to me to be a good activist, a good thinker, a good musician, a good singer, and a good entertainer. You can't do it all, but I have walked those delicate lines as best I know how. Holly Near
It takes a thousand men to invent a telegraph, or a steam engine, or a phonograph, or a photograph, or a telephone or any other important thing—and the last man gets the credit and we forget the others. He added his little mite — that is all he did. These object lessons should teach us that ninety-nine parts of all things that proceed from the intellect are plagiarisms, pure and simple; and the lesson ought to make us modest. But nothing can do that. Mark Twain

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