Abraham Verghese Quotes

When you have a natural genetic tan developed over centuries and many generations, the idea of soaking up rays by the pool has never made sense.

Abraham Verghese

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YouPoolNeverOverUpTan

I operate off of fear almost exclusively.

Joel McHale

FearOffAlmostOperate

My dad and mom divorced when I was around ten, and I didn't live with him after that, though he was close by and we saw each other weekly. I wasn't really aware that he was a writer; I didn't start reading his writing until I was about fifteen. It occurred to me then that my dad was kind of special; he's still one of my favorite writers.

Andre Dubus III

LiveMeMomWritingStartReading

CDs are not as good as vinyl, and you buy one in the supermarket along with the yoghurt.

Jean-Michel Jarre

GoodYouVinylBuyAlongCDs

I will always choose the dollar bill carrying a wildly fluctuating discount rather than the dollar bill selling for a quite stable premium.

Michael Burry

ChooseSellingWillAlwaysDollar

I can tell how honest a joke is or how true a joke is by how fast the laughs come.

Michael Che

FastI CanTrueJokeTellHonest

Broadly speaking, the Southern and Western desert and mountain states will vote for the candidate who endorses an aggressive military, a role for religion in public life, laissez-faire economic policies, private ownership of guns and relaxed conditions for using them, less regulation and taxation, and a valorization of the traditional family.

Steven Pinker

LifeFamilyMountainReligionDesert

If you try to multitask in the classic sense of doing two things at once, what you end up doing is quasi-tasking. It's like being with children. You have to give it your full attention for however much time you have, and then you have to give something else your full attention.

Joss Whedon

ChildrenTimeEndDoingAttention

I can't do talk shows, I don't do them, just because I get really nervous and fidgeting and shaky.

Devon Sawa

Just BecauseNervousTalkGetJust

I always had short hair, and I hated my short hair. I was always mistaken for a boy, but my mom wouldn't let me change my hair because she was always chasing me around with a hairbrush, and it was always tangled, so she just would cut it off, and she's right: short hair did suit me.

Dorothy Hamill

ChangeMeMomHairShortShort Hair

For podcasters, people are just being themselves in a public fashion. So when someone is attacking a podcast, they're really attacking the person, because the person is the podcast. So I think that's why podcasters take it to heart. It's a very personal form of media, probably the most personal form of media.

Chris Hardwick

HeartPeopleFashionThinkMedia

It's great to be recognized when I'm looking for a table at a crowded restaurant, but I still don't put it to best use. I'm such a lump. I won't cut the line. It's my Catholic guilt. I gotta get used to it.

Christopher Meloni

GreatBestLookingRestaurantGuilt

I love Christmas. I really do love Christmas. I love being with my family and I love snow. I love the music and the lights and all of it.

Christina Applegate

FamilyLoveMusicSnowLightsBeing

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