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Larry King
Broadcasters' Hall of Fame
If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me. People I've tended to bind to in life -- I've made a lot of mistakes. I've bonded with some people who use you, and some people that take advantage of you. But I was raised in that culture in Brooklyn -- which is part Jewish I guess, and part the culture of Brooklyn -- which was, giving was better than receiving. Much better to give than receive. It's joyful to give. And a sense that I know that if I give to Herbie if he's down, he would give to me when I was down.
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Willem Kolff
Pioneer of Artificial Organs
Sophia Schafstad was the first patient where you can honestly say she would have died had she not been treated with dialysis. And she was in a prison right after the war, for collaborating with the Germans and many of my fellow countrymen would have liked to wring her neck. And, she was brought to us in renal failure. My duty is not to wring her neck, but to treat her. And, we treated her. And, she was comatose when she came in. And after so many hours of treatment I bent over her and said, "Mrs. Schafstad, can you hear me?" And she slowly opened her eyes and said, "I'm going to divorce my husband," and she did.
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Henry Kravis
Financier and Investor
Everybody would come to me and say, "Are you Ray Kravis's son?" And I would just beam and say, "I didn't know you knew my dad." "Oh, yes, you know, I worked with your dad on this transaction, or on this company in the oil business." And I thought about it, but I said, "Look, as proud as I am of my father, I don't want to be known as Ray Kravis's son. I want to do something myself." And I hope my children will do something on their own. My dad helped me, was there, is a very loving and supportive father. But I said, "I've got to do it myself." As a kid, my mother says to me, "You know, you were always 'me, myself' as a kid. You wanted to tie your shoes when you didn't even know how to tie your shoes. But you had to do it yourself."
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