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John Carter : [sighs] I thought I was gonna be sick.
[pause]
John Carter : I'm sorry.
Dr. Mark Greene : Don't ever say you're sorry. See, there's two kinds of doctors: there's the kind that gets rid of their feelings, and the kind that keeps them. If you're gonna keep your feelings, you're gonna get sick from time to time. That's just how it works.
[pause]
Dr. Mark Greene : Keep your head down.
[pause]
Dr. Mark Greene : [squats down beside Carter] People come in here and they're sick and dying and bleeding, and they need our help. Helping them is more important than how we feel.
John Carter : [nods]
Dr. Mark Greene : But it's still a pain the ass sometimes.
John Carter : [laughs]
Dr. Mark Greene : Sometimes, I just want to quit and do something else.
[looks at Carter and smiles]
Dr. Mark Greene : Yeah.
[pause]
Dr. Mark Greene : Why don't you take a few more minutes?
John Carter : [nods]
[whispers]
John Carter : Okay.
Dr. Mark Greene : By the way, I was in medical school with Benton. He used to get sick all the time. So don't let him give you any crap. You'll be fine.
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Nurse Lydia Wright : [after Hathaway has been brought into the ER on a gurney from an overdose] Why'd she do it?
Dr. Mark Greene : Doesn't matter why she did it. We don't ask that about any other OD that comes through these doors and we don't ask it about this one.
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Dr. Mark Greene : [as he is giving orders to an intern as doctors begin scattering] Do you know what this is all about?
Dr. Peter Benton : Building collapsed in the Loop. They're sending us a dozen hot ones.
Dr. Mark Greene : Yeah, well who's on?
Dr. Peter Benton : Just us.
Dr. Mark Greene : [to intern] OK, forget all that. Call Susan Lewis, call the 7th and 8th floor. Tell them we need anybody they can spare.
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Mark Greene : I'll be excising Mrs. Raskin's hangnail.
Nurse Malik McGrath : I'll stand back.
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Dr. Peter Benton : [the regular ER doctors are watching new med student John Carter wait nervously at the desk] Oh, man, would you look at this?
Dr. Mark Greene : Huh. That's the first tailored white coat I've ever seen.
Dr. Peter Benton : Isn't he lovely?
Dr. Susan Lewis : Lovely.
Dr. Mark Greene : Think he knows anything?
Dr. Doug Ross : He knows how to dress.
Dr. Peter Benton : Well, he's my student. I'll find out.
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Nurse Lydia Wright : Doctor Greene. Doctor Greene. Mark!
Dr. Mark Greene : [wakes up] What is it?
Nurse Lydia Wright : Can I give Mrs. Wilson some Demerol, she's complaining of pain.
Dr. Mark Greene : Fifty milligrams. I M.
Nurse Lydia Wright : Thanks, Mark.