Abraham Verghese Quotes

When I use the word 'healing,' by that I mean that every disease has a physical element that we're very good at handling, but there's always a sense of the violation. 'Why me?' 'Why is my leg broken on the ski trip and not anyone else's?' And I think that medicine has done a terrible job of addressing that spiritual violation.

Abraham Verghese

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GoodJobBrokenSpiritualHealing

I have learned in fashion to be a little savage.

John Fairchild

FashionI Have LearnedSavageLittle

On many occasions New Zealand has spoken about the need to ensure that women's concerns are fully integrated into all aspects of the United Nations' activities and structures, not marginalised in one part of the Secretariat.

Jenny Shipley

WomenNewNeedUnited NationsUnited

Since my father is a musician as well, he taught me growing up that if you can play jazz, you can learn all instruments and write on them. He wanted me to be a songwriter that can do anything in any genre. I'm all about doing every genre.

Meghan Trainor

FatherMeGrowing UpLearnDoing

When people tell me I've kept them up all night, I feel like I've succeeded.

Sidney Sheldon

PeopleMeNightFeelTellUp

At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he still wants to reform the world, but he knows he can't.

Rodney Dangerfield

HopeManFightWorldSeventyReform

Some people see Baltimore as a hopeless place. Some have even made a lot of money on it.

Martin O'Malley

MoneyPeoplePlaceSome PeopleSee

We ought to be doing that with decent standard housing but if we have people who are absolutely on the streets in this case, I think it makes sense that tent cities are preferred to not having tent cities.

Mike Lowry

PeopleThinkDoingHousingStreets

You always have in the back of your mind that would be cool if you get recognized. But you can't concentrate on any of those things. You've got to just keep playing and doing your music and the rest is just a bonus.

Michael Kiwanuka

MusicMindCoolRestDoingYou

I think it's important to cultivate as many people as you can to see which ones you jive with. And it makes you happy. If one dies, you have another one. So living is a process that you have to do by yourself, and if you can learn a few little goodies along the way that might make it easier for you, so much the better.

Johnny Mathis

YourselfHappyPeopleThinkBetter

I have a lot of respect and love for children's books.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

LoveChildrenRespectBooksLot

I did a weird thing when I was about 24. For four years I had written quite a lot of poetry, and I started reading through it and thought some of it was really good. So I burnt it all.

Cliff Curtis

GoodPoetryReadingThoughtWeird

Keep your eyes peeled: Honor's the label to watch. It's quickly becoming a serious celebrity favorite - just ask fans Kirsten Dunst and Kelly Osbourne.

Brad Goreski

EyesHonorSeriousCelebrityAsk

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