Abraham Verghese Quotes
We're now able to show that the words of comfort trigger biological reactions which are the very things that you want, and you can use drugs to get there, or you can use words of comfort to get there, which would make your drugs so much more effective.
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Fashion and interior design are one and the same.
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There are two types of people in the world. People who like kids, and people who don't. People who complain about kids screaming on aeroplanes and in restaurants, and those people who love kids and enjoy their energy and enjoy hearing the noise they make and get off on their energy. I am one of those people who happens to love kids.
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We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine right of experts.
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With actors like Steve McQueen, Paul Newman and Harrison Ford, what made them such icons is that even in dramatic movies, their characters had a sense of humor.
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I've written 29 damn plays. Isn't that enough?
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I interviewed Johnny Knoxville once. I was kind of scared to interview him because I thought he might be a real jerk, but he was really nice, and I ripped his chest hair out.
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Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye.
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First and foremost, I'm a decorator and product designer. Everything I do, the television shows, the books, that comes from the design work. It's what I love.
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You know, it's such an insult to actual martial artists that I say that I do martial arts.
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I dress for men.
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You can go down the list of great artists and kind of understand that they are products of their environment. Whether it's U2 or Henry Rollins or myself or Johnny Lydon, they're gonna be products of their environment.
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I think I'm a lot funnier and goofier than people were able to see on 'Dancing With the Stars.'
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This is the beauty of fiction. We may not like these characters, but we inhabit them.
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There are, essentially, as many opinions on marriage as there are people in the world.
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I was really influenced by Joan Didion and Pauline Kael; they were both at the height of their influence when I was coming into my own as a reader.
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The only difference between a good writer who publishes a book and a good writer who doesn't is that the writer who publishes actually finished her book.
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I know it's a guy thing to chest bump, but me and my dancers chest bump before hitting the stage. Not too hard though...ouch!
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The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.
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The barometer for judging the character of people, in regard human rights, is now those who consider themselves gay, homosexual, lesbian. The judgment as to whether you can trust the future, the social advancement - depending on people - will be judged on where they come out on that question.
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You do have to continue, as you grow as a human, checking in and going, 'Is this what I want? Am I giving away things that I don't want? Who am I and what do I want to keep doing?'
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I love sport because I love life, and sport is one of the basic joys of life.
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I've always been drawn to the idea that small choices in our lives could have drastic effects on our future.
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How do I know that I don’t need what I want? I don’t have it.
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We're now able to show that the words of comfort trigger biological reactions which are the very things that you want, and you can use drugs to get there, or you can use words of comfort to get there, which would make your drugs so much more effective.
