Tracy Kidder

I never planned on doing a book about Paul Farmer or his organization. I met him in Haiti when I was on a magazine assignment. It's almost like his story sort of fell in my lap.

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These are some quotes by American author Tracy Kidder Author, who was born on December 12, 1945.

Quotes by Tracy Kidder

You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness.

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Paul Farmer has helped to build amazing health care system in one of the poorest areas of Haiti. He founded Partners in Health, which serves the destitute and the sick in many parts of the world from Haiti to Boston and from Russia to Peru.

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The combination of domesticity and wildness - that's a deep expression.

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Marilyn Minter

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Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.

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I remember when I was in art classes, I hated following the assignments. And I would get in trouble for doing something totally different or taking it in a weird direction.

Chang-Rae Lee

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