Abraham Verghese Quotes
Lest it sound as if I resent my day job, I have to say that my day job is the reason I write, and it has been the best thing for me as a writer.
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A lot of the time I'm working with people who are older than me.
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I started at the top and worked my way down.
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I don't buy art to put away somewhere. I buy art to appreciate, enjoy, and live with. It's supposed to add to your life.
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We're not ever interested in repeating ourselves or doing what people expect us to do, it's such a turn off.
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Every one of us, no matter how damaged or abnormal or shut down, we're all looking for love. Every person needs love in this world, but our views on what love is vary enormously.
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Beauty products always cheer me up and give me hope. If it makes you feel pretty, why not?
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Diseases happen in acidic environments, so it's very important to keep your body alkaline. Keeping a diet high in leafy greens, spring water, fresh air, raw almonds, lemons, grapefruits, and warm water with juice from half a lemon helps lower acidity levels.
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Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning.
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All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing.
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I am proud to have played a small part in ensuring that no veteran's heroic service will be cast aside due to prejudice.
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I wrote my novel 'Bitter Greens' as the creative component of a Doctorate of Creative Arts and am now looking at the history of the Rapunzel tale as my theoretical component.
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I've always written songs the same way. You learn different tricks - you learn craft, you learn structure, all that - as you go.
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I always say you can never be extravagant with beauty. Beauty is God made real. Beauty is life.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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I play the father in the scene when Will and Tommy go back to Tommy's old apartment. It was a big mistake. I hope not to be in the next movie I direct.
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
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I love action films. I'd love to do an action drama. I'm always looking to give my character something action-oriented to do.
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I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.
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I've seen the future and it's much like the present only longer.
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I never had to learn English, French and German because I was brought up as all three languages. I had a private French teacher before I even went to school. That helped a lot.
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In the '70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if they'd take my passport away.
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To have a sense of style, it shows you know yourself. People like that.
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When I needed to think or was really upset, generally I climbed a tree.
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Lest it sound as if I resent my day job, I have to say that my day job is the reason I write, and it has been the best thing for me as a writer.
