Tess Gerritsen Quotes

I met my husband, Jacob, in medical school. We married and went to live in Hawaii where his family lived. It was very beautiful, but I wasn't used to being on an island and needed wide open spaces. Eventually we moved to Maine, New England.

Tess Gerritsen

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FamilyLiveBeautifulMedicalSchool

Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.

Maya Angelou

OpportunityScarcityBecauseMost

There are times when being scandalous or provocative can help bring focus to issues of major concern.

Maurizio Cattelan

FocusHelpBringBeingIssuesMajor

Studies of immigration show that this resistance to heart disease is not just something in African or Chinese genes. When people move from low-risk to high-risk areas, disease rates skyrocket as they adopt Western diets and lifestyles.

Michael Greger

HeartPeopleImmigrationResistance

I actually own works of art I've always wanted to own - I collect photographs by the late William Claxton. I met him in L.A.; later, he agreed to shoot the cover for my album 'Call Me Irresponsible' for free. I was so fat at the time, and he made me look as good as I possibly could.

Michael Buble

GoodTimeArtMeFreeFat

Ever notice how irons have a setting for permanent press? I don't get it.

Steven Wright

PermanentGetPressNoticeHowEver

The Elephantine papyri - written as some of the books of the Bible are being written - is true social and legal documentation, and to historians overwhelmingly powerful and moving, even when ostensibly about trivial things.

Simon Schama

MovingBibleLegalPowerfulTrue

Every week, as an 11-year-old kid, I would tune in to what was really the first American Idol-type program, a radio show called 'Major Bowes' Amateur Hour.' The winning group on the evening of September 8, 1935, was called the Hoboken Four, and their spokesman was Frank Sinatra, then aged 19.

Tony Bennett

WinningEveningAmericanWeekGroup

There were years when I was a beer and tequila guy, then I got real fat. And then I found that you could actually go on a diet and drink scotch. Then I got hooked on scotch, and if you get hooked on scotch, then everything else just tastes wrong.

Ron White

BeerFatDietYouWrongGo

I feel that India lacks a level of philanthropy that is proportional to the wealth that is here, particularly among the top 5,000 industrialists and entrepreneurs.

Romesh Wadhwani

FeelWealthIndiaTopPhilanthropy

I do believe - I very strongly believe that the Arab nations would be willing to put together an Arab NATO-like structure.

Michael T. Flynn

TogetherBelieveStructureWilling

Most bands don't make it past two albums and tours, if that. We pulled it off, and everybody's been happy and cool, but we got to the point where we knew it was time to take a break.

Dimebag Darrell

TimePastHappyCoolTwoBreak

No lies, just love.

Conor Oberst

LoveJustLies

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