Tess Gerritsen Quotes

Because my dad's Chinese-American, and they're very concrete, he said, 'There's no money to be made in literature.' So he told me to go into the sciences. And I was a good girl. And I did what Daddy said. And that's how I ended up being a doctor. But you know, you just can't stamp out that desire to tell stories.

Tess Gerritsen

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GoodGirlMoneyMeDoctorYou

I grew up studying martial arts, playing violin, swimming competitively, so I already had athletic focus, discipline and training. When I brought that to climbing, I became passionate.

Jimmy Chin

DisciplineFocusTrainingSwimming

Shorter daylight hours can affect sleep, productivity and state of mind. Light therapy, also known as phototherapy, may help. It uses light boxes emitting full-spectrum light to simulate sunlight.

Andrew Weil

LightSleepMindHelpSunlightMay

I was not the most attractive child. I had two really big buck teeth. I was horrendous - long, lanky and gangly.

Angie Harmon

ChildLongTeethTwoAttractiveBig

I may have come into politics with an unacknowledged condescension toward the game and the people who played it, but I left with more respect for politicians than when I went in. The worst of them - the careerists and predators - you find in all professions. The best of them were a credit to democracy.

Michael Ignatieff

RespectBestPoliticsPeopleGame

I'd rather not get into what I'm talking about lyrically. I think it's impossible not to demystify a song when saying what it's about. Music and art can be damaged severely by too much information; I say that as somebody that has participated in that.

Trent Reznor

MusicArtSongSayingImpossible

A hero is somebody who voluntarily walks into the unknown.

Tom Hanks

HeroUnknownSomebodyWhoWalks

Eddie Murphy, Bill Murray, Will Ferrell, those guys mean so much to me because I watched those guys and how they transform and watch the commitment to what they do. I admire them.

Rob Riggle

CommitmentMeAdmireWillMeanMuch

No matter who's at quarterback, you've got to be prepared and be ready to help out the team.

Rob Gronkowski

TeamHelpYouBe PreparedReadyOut

Moreover, resolving the mother of all problems - the Israeli-Palestinian question - requires cooperation between Europe and the U.S.

Romano Prodi

MotherProblemsCooperationQuestion

Politics boils down to the stories we tell ourselves. And unfortunately, we tell ourselves different stories.

Ron Chernow

PoliticsDownTellDifferentStories

I adore the tapestries at the Musee de Cluny in Paris!

Mary Helen Bowers

ParisAdore

Each game, we try to win the three points, but every game, I want to score and help the team.

Mohamed Salah

TeamWinGameHelpThreeWant

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