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Fred Hollows Quotes: When I've seen an opportunity I haven't sat down and called a committee meeting, We've gone and done it.
         

When I've seen an opportunity I haven't sat down and called a committee meeting, We've gone and done it.


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To my mind, having a care and concern for others is the highest of the human qualities.



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I have been lucky in that I've been alive at times when the things that I wanted to do were capable of being done.



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Each year in Africa about two and a half million people go blind...and they just go blind... they sit around in their huts.



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I studied medicine so I could help others - set a leg or whatever - and it's given me a great deal of satisfaction.



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