Doogie Howser quotes from Doogie Howser, M.D.

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February 11, 1991... This year, our annual father-son vacation included an extra "son". Vinnie climbed a long way with my father -- to take a small step with his.

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February 24, 1991… Grandpa came to visit. Same old stories about the family. I've heard them for years. But this was the first time I had the sense to really listen.

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February 19, 1991… It's amazing how everyone's life changes from tragedy. Wanda's changes affect me, our changes affect Michele... And life goes on. Without Wanda.

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March 5, 1991... I have two degrees, a genius I.Q. and six years of medical training. But today I was aced out by a colleague with better qualifications -- seventeen years of being a mother.

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March 23, 1991... Today, McGuire jumped off the fast track and took the road less traveled. He may envy my genius but I envy his courage. Vaya con Dios, Jack.

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April 13, 1991... This week I helped bring a tiny baby boy into the world. He may not make it. But when the tools of science meet the mysteries of faith, the most powerful of all human miracles is born. It's called hope.

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April 30, 1991... Vinnie and I gave each other the gift of forgiveness. I wish Raymond could have given his father the same thing. His father may not deserve it, but Raymond does.

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May 5, 1991... It takes courage to live life fully. Vinnie and Janine have it. Wanda found it. And Kelly's got more than all of us. I just pray she gets a hew heart as courageous as her old one.

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September 24, 1991... There's a difference between having sex and making love. Wanda and I made love. And even though she's 2000 miles away, I've never felt closer to her.

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September 28, 1991… Everyone has a sacred dream. Will's dream is the most sacred of all -- life. I guess some sacred dreams are just more sacred than others.

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October 6, 1991… Because we pushed medicine's limits, Will Stevens is getting a chance to grow up. Because I recognized my own limits, I get to be a kid a little longer.

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October 11, 1991… This week I butted heads with a very stubborn, closed-minded person. I'm just glad I had the sense to realize it was me.

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October 21, 1991… Who would've thought it? Vinnie Delpino, pioneer of the new celibacy. Just when he thought he couldn't wait any longer he found something worth waiting for... Janine.

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October 24, 1991… Maybe Wanda's right. You can't hold on to the past and still ride off into the future… I'm back in the saddle again.

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November 8, 1991… Civil strife broke out at home. I boasted that one machine could do the work of fifty men… until I learned that no machine can take the place of a sympathetic ear.