Abraham Verghese Quotes
I think legislation needs to put an end to doctors profiting on businesses to which they can funnel patients - that is business, not medicine. If you try to call it medicine, then it is corruption. Without legislation, it will keep happening.
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Our number one priority is to spend every peso possible to include those who are currently excluded.
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When the Taiwan Relations Act passed in 1979, our biggest concern was preventing the use of military force against Taiwan. Little did we know that our friends on Taiwan could so effectively use the space created by our friendship to revolutionize their political system.
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Focus on the long term, and always do what's right to grow the company and not make short-term decisions. And outlast everyone one.
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There is this sense of David Cameron leading a Government that's badly out of touch with ordinary people's lives. I'd absolutely welcome the opportunity to show all political leaders what life is like for most people.
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You have to interpret what's hot to make it work on yourself. If tweed suits are in, but you're not a suit kind of girl, wear the jacket with jeans and a pair of Converses.
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I would see anything by Antony Gormley.
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Lyrically, I personally lean towards venting.
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If people get to the end of the record, then that is a treat.
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I do love pasta. It gets me into trouble. If I could give up pasta and bread, I'd look like Cate Blanchett.
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Religion is such an important part of so many people's lives, and I don't understand it at all.
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I was a dancer when I got discovered, and I started working immediately. I started being in commercials and doing guest star roles. My first big thing, which happened maybe six months after being discovered, was 'Bring It On: All or Nothing.'
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It's never been difficult for me to say no. I have never given excuses like I don't have dates. I have never over-quoted to avoid a project. I simply say that while the script might be good, I can't connect with it. My strategy is that while I wouldn't want anyone to waste my time, I shouldn't be doing that, either, with others.
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I'm not on Twitter, and I don't read the papers day to day, so I am somewhat protected. There's this weird separation between your private and public persona.
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Capitalism has forced everyone to overoptimize in order to compete.
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You know, one of the things I like about this world, or at least I like about the way we're presenting this world, is these issues are terribly complicated - not nearly as black and white as we're led to believe.
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Custom is second nature.
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There's no smarter politician out there than Bill Clinton.
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In my own country, I play light comedies and funny parts.
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The opera tells the story with all the built-in contradictions and from many different angles.
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The instinct to worship is hardly less strong than the instinct to eat.
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All business is capitalistic. You require capital for any sort of business endeavour.
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I believe that businesses will do what is best for their business. I don't know that the government needs to be stepping in and telling them, 'This is what you will do.'
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I think legislation needs to put an end to doctors profiting on businesses to which they can funnel patients - that is business, not medicine. If you try to call it medicine, then it is corruption. Without legislation, it will keep happening.
