Just the actual physical ability to hold four instruments simultaneou… — Mary Stuart Masterson

Just the actual physical ability to hold four instruments simultaneously and do some of the things that Vivien was able to do is mind blowing to any surgeon. He never went to medical school and he became one of the great teachers of medicine himself, people are just amazed.

Mary Stuart MastersonActress · American · b. 1966

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Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence. — Robert Frost
I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
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