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“Every day that passed, the young woman thought more and understood less”
― A Story of Yesterday
― A Story of Yesterday
“Cognitive robotics can integrate information from pre-operation medical records with real-time operating metrics to guide and enhance the precision of physicians’ instruments. By processing data from genuine surgical experiences, they’re able to provide new and improved insights and techniques. These kinds of improvements can improve patient outcomes and boost trust in AI throughout the surgery. Robotics can lead to a 21% reduction in length of stay.”
― AI Doctor: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare - A Guide for Users, Buyers, Builders, and Investors
― AI Doctor: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare - A Guide for Users, Buyers, Builders, and Investors
“Chase looked like a drowning man without a life preserver, and by the look in his eyes, he was going under for the third time.
“I knew you would be like the waters of the South Pacific Ocean.”
“I beg your pardon?”
“I liken people to different bodies of water,” he quickly explained.
“You what?”
“Each ocean has a different personality,” he said to clarify. “The Pacific Ocean is warmer and inviting, but the color is muddied in places. The Arctic Ocean is cold and very uninviting, one might even say that it is not very appealing, but it’s full of life. Then there is the South Pacific Ocean, warm, inviting, and crystal clear. It has this purity to it. Why, the coloring of the water is some of the brightest blue I’ve ever seen in my entire life. There are even places that you can see thirty meters down.”
― A Compromising Position
“I knew you would be like the waters of the South Pacific Ocean.”
“I beg your pardon?”
“I liken people to different bodies of water,” he quickly explained.
“You what?”
“Each ocean has a different personality,” he said to clarify. “The Pacific Ocean is warmer and inviting, but the color is muddied in places. The Arctic Ocean is cold and very uninviting, one might even say that it is not very appealing, but it’s full of life. Then there is the South Pacific Ocean, warm, inviting, and crystal clear. It has this purity to it. Why, the coloring of the water is some of the brightest blue I’ve ever seen in my entire life. There are even places that you can see thirty meters down.”
― A Compromising Position
“Mais comment? Comment fais-tu pour surmonter ça, mon chéri? lui avait-elle demandé. Tu as enduré tellement d'épreuves, mais tu es toujours content. Comment fais-tu?
-J'ai choisi de l'être, avait-il répondu. Je peux laisser ruiner mon passé, consacrer mon temps à haïr les gens pourc e qu'ils m'ont fait, comme mon père l'a fait, ou je peux pardonner et oublier.
-Mais ce n'est pas si facile."
Il avait sourit, de son sourire de Franck.
"Oui, mais, Trésor, c'est tellement moins fatigant; Il suffit de pardonner une fois. Tandis que la rancune, il faut l'entretenir à longueur de journée, et recommencer tous les jours. Il faudrait que je fasse une liste pour m'assurer que je hais bien tous ceux qui m'ont causé du tort. Non, avait-il ajouté, on a tous la possibilité de pardonner.”
― The Light Between Oceans
-J'ai choisi de l'être, avait-il répondu. Je peux laisser ruiner mon passé, consacrer mon temps à haïr les gens pourc e qu'ils m'ont fait, comme mon père l'a fait, ou je peux pardonner et oublier.
-Mais ce n'est pas si facile."
Il avait sourit, de son sourire de Franck.
"Oui, mais, Trésor, c'est tellement moins fatigant; Il suffit de pardonner une fois. Tandis que la rancune, il faut l'entretenir à longueur de journée, et recommencer tous les jours. Il faudrait que je fasse une liste pour m'assurer que je hais bien tous ceux qui m'ont causé du tort. Non, avait-il ajouté, on a tous la possibilité de pardonner.”
― The Light Between Oceans
“Oh, come on, Cameron,” Charlie laughed, “don’t you get anything?”
― Dead Poets Society
― Dead Poets Society
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