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The long, cold Minnesota winters instilled in me a fascination for

The long, cold Minnesota winters instilled in me a fascination for exotic far off places I aspired toward a career in tropical diseases and world health problems. – Peter Agre

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We always had lutefisk for Christmas dinner, after which Dad read from the Norwegian Bible. – Peter Agre

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Now a cholera epidemic was sweeping through Southeast Asia and south Asia in the early 1970s, so I started medical school and I joined a laboratory to work on this. – Peter Agre

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My brother Jim and I spent many wonderful summers working on dairy farms in Wisconsin owned by Moms cousins, and as members of our local Boy Scout troop. – Peter Agre

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Balance is key: I need to be successful in my career to feel fulfilled, be surrounded by people I care about to share it with, and have my health to be able to do the things I love to do! – Kiana Tom

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One lesson that every nation can learn from China is to focus more on creating village-level enterprises, quality health services and educational facilities. – Abdul Kalam

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The arts have always been an important ingredient to the health of a nation, but we havent gotten there yet. – James Earl Jones

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The health care industry can play a great role in this by being aware of the fact that these children form perhaps the most neglected group of people in the country, largely because it is hard to find them. – C. Everett Koop

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