Rafael Yglesias Quotes

I didn't want readers to think I was asking to be praised for taking care of my wife while she was ill. Lots of people are heroic, more heroic than I was, when faced with the suffering of someone they love.

Rafael Yglesias

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LoveWifePeopleSufferingThink

The destruction caused by Hurricane Harvey is unlike anything my home state has ever experienced. As long as I live, I'll never forget those images of elderly women waiting in waist-deep water to be rescued.

Jeb Hensarling

HomeWomenLiveWaterWaitingLong

So, what is a stroke? In about 90 per cent of strokes, it's the result of blood flow to part of the brain getting cut off, depriving it of oxygen and killing off the part fed by the clogged artery.

Michael Greger

BrainResultBloodFlowCutOff

As much as we might look for opportunities to keep Iraq together, we need to be prepared for the reality that it's not going to stay together.

Michael Hayden

TogetherOpportunitiesRealityLook

To keep your skin looking healthy and young, wear a hat.

Mia Sara

HatLookingSkinHealthyYoungWear

What makes the Universal Declaration an epochal document is first of all its global impetus and secondly the breadth of its claims, a commitment to a new social contract, binding on all the Governments of the world.

John Polanyi

CommitmentWorldNewFirstContract

I went back to Kolkata around two years back after a gap of 14 years, and though the city had changed, the people hadn't. Everybody is cultured and knowledgeable there. I have emotional memories of the place.

Sriti Jha

MemoriesPeopleCityBackPlaceTwo

A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. What is pleasant belongs to dreams.

Simone Weil

DreamsTestHardRealPleasureJoys

I am a smiling depressive.

Trisha Goddard

I AmSmilingAmDepressive

The concept of psychic energy is easy for most people to imagine. After all, it's just one step beyond intuition - and almost everyone is comfortable with the idea of intuition.

Jayne Ann Krentz

StepPeopleEnergyEasyComfortable

I was in show choir in high school.

Brian Tyree Henry

SchoolHigh SchoolChoirHighShow

I have played 50 different kinds of fathers and villains. Only mediocre actors play the part the same way.

Anupam Kher

PlayWaySameKindsDifferentOnly

Sometimes you have to put a wrench in the gears to get people to listen.

Alicia Garza

PeopleYouSometimesListenGears

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