Allan Gurganus Quotes

I'm a great admirer of Primo Levi's work. It's always mind-boggling, the idea of how much pain people can endure and still come back from the edge with a sense of humor, with this tremendous animal desire we have to get on with life.

Allan Gurganus

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LifeWorkGreatHumorPainAnimal

Give a lot, expect a lot, and if you don't get it, prune.

Tom Peters

YouExpectGiveGetLotPrune

Money is to my social existence what health is to my body.

Mason Cooley

HealthMoneyBodyExistenceSocial

Honestly, I just have to do what's right for me, and what I would tell people is what I believe, which is that tolerance is very important.

Martina McBride

PeopleMeBelieveToleranceRight

Above all, I am an opera singer. This is how people will remember me.

Luciano Pavarotti

I AmPeopleMeRememberWillSinger

Attention to detail - Sherlock certainly has that, and my memory is pretty good - but not as good as his.

Jonny Lee Miller

GoodMemoryDetailAttentionPretty

I'm still going strong. I have been very blessed and still am. I love singing. Obviously, at my age, I don't tour with as many dates throughout the year as I did in the past. But I do this to honor my father who was also a singer. I still miss him and his encouragement.

Johnny Mathis

LoveFatherAgePastBlessedStrong

Mostly, I was only interested in television as a kid, and the majority of reading material I collected was an adjunct to that central concern, comic books and magazines included.

Chris Ware

ReadingTelevisionKidMajorityOnly

In the smart home of the future, there should be a robot designed to talk to you. With enough display technology, connectivity, and voice recognition, this human-interface robot or head-of-household robot will serve as a portal to the digital domain. It becomes your interface to your robot-enabled home.

Colin Angle

HomeFutureTechnologySmartVoice

I guess I am not supportive of certain issues that link up with UFC. So, you won't see 'Big Brown' on 'UFC Now' anymore.

Brendan Schaub

I AmYouNowSeeUpBig

What we should care about is health - reduction of morbidity and mortality. Too often, we instead pay attention to whether something is 'normal.' A hospital may spend several million dollars separating a pair of conjoined twins, even though that separation is likely to leave them worse off.

Alice Dreger

HealthCareAttentionSeparationPay

A lot of people seem to get preoccupied with what I'm wearing as opposed to the music.

Sheryl Crow

MusicPeopleSeemGetWearingLot

People constantly make pop-culture references. That's why it's called popular culture, because people are aware of it and reference it constantly.

Seth Rogen

CulturePeopleWhyBecauseAware

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