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Alex: Here's the thing - I like your rack.
Izzie: God, what is wrong with you? Why do you have to be so - what is wrong with you?
Alex: I like your rack and I'd want them around if I could have them, trust me I would, but it wouldn't be the end of the world if you got rid of them... because really, I'd want *you*.
[Izzie slaps him]
Alex: Ow! What was that for?
[she kisses him]
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Alex: For a kiss to be really good, you want it to mean something. You want it to be with someone you can't get out of your head, so that when your lips finally touch you feel it everywhere. A kiss so hot and so deep you never want to come up for air. You can't cheat your first kiss. Trust me, you don't want to. Cause when you find that right person for a first kiss, it's everything.

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From the Daily Iowan, Student Newspaper of the University of Iowa

The Future is Plastics
by Alex Karev; Third Year Medical Student, Guest Columnist, April 5, 2004

I've noticed that plastic surgeons tend to get grouped into two catagories. The so-called "good ones" who rebuild and reconstruct those who are disfigured, either by birth or by accident, and the others who are deemed "less good" simply because their vocation involves collagen, saline implants, and other forms of so-called "cosmetic" surgery. Such a distinction is not only unfair and unwarranted, but it's downright dangerous to the profession of medicine.

As an undergrad here at Iowa, I led our wrestling team to the Big 10 Conference championships two years in a row. The old sports cliche' is that to win the big match-ups, you have to give 110%. But what does it mean to give 110%? It means to take what you were born with - the gifts that God himself gave you, and you exceed them by 10%. And that's exactly what plastic surgery is - taking what someone was born with, and adding 10%.

"Cosmetic" surgery implies only superficial changes to the surface. But is it really just a "cosmetic" change when you've given an aging actress a second lease on her career? When you rejuvenate a tired marriage by literally injecting that marriage with youth? When you give a man or woman confidence to achieve more in life because they no longer have to feel inadequate about the size of their shortcomings? I don't call that cosmetic surgery at all. I call that life-changing surgery. It's not just changing the size of one's nose or breasts. It's changing the size of their soul.

So, in short, don't judge the practitioners of plastic surgery simply because their patients weren't born with a cleft palate or a third eye socket. Besides, sometime in the future, you might need to give it 110%, and when you do, I'll be your coach.

from abc.com

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SEATTLE GRACE HOSPITAL INTERN QUARTERLY EVALUATION

Physician's Name: Alex Karev
Service: Surgery
Evaluator's Name: Dr. Miranda Bailey

First Impression:
Arrogant, too sure of himself, loves to take credit, confident, not hesitant, competitive, eager to be involved, smart ass.

Strengths:
Confidence. Steady hand. Not afraid to look for and offer unusual solutions to difficult problems.

Areas Needing Improvement:
Attitude. Punctuality. Dealing with patients. His mouth.

Memorable Moments:
Dr. Burke keeps kicking him off cases. First when he insulted a patient when he thought she couldn't hear him. She could. The second time when he found a bovine valve to transplant into a paitent who refused to accept a porcine valve, saving her life. The problem? He didn't clear the newer and more complex procedure with Dr. Burke first.

Future Prospects:
Plastics. That's where he wants to be, and I can see him getting there. He could be a great surgeon if he checks his attitude.

from abc.com

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