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Competence Quotes


"Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers."


"If you look at the 19 hijackers who came to the United States in Sept. 11 to commit those acts, if you'd looked at them before they got onto a plane, you could probably say the same thing. There were various levels of expertise, various levels of competence."


"Technically, according to the notion of the will of God, there is no such a thing as a competent surgeon."


"To address questions of scientific responsibility does not necessarily imply that one needs technical competence in a particular field (e.g. biology) to evaluate certain technical matters."
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