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Abraham Verghese Quotes

I'm a proud American - becoming a citizen in 1988 was one of the most profoundly moving occasions in my life; I'm a former Texan and a recent Californian.

Abraham Verghese

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: ethiopian
Birth: 1955

Topics

Life Moving Proud American My Life

My memory seems to be holding on quite well. There is no reason why it shouldn't if you keep training it.

Melvyn Bragg

Training Memory You Why Holding On

If you see somebody dressing like me, you know they're purposely trying to dress like me because I dress like nothing.

Ski Mask the Slump God

Dress Me Trying You Know Nothing

Like every Brazilian child, I always wanted to be a footballer.

Ronaldo

Child Always Footballer Like Wanted

When you look at our world, the truth is that we're all under the influence of politics.

Roland Joffe

Truth Politics Influence World Look

Jet was very busy. I've been inspired by a lot of his movies.

Jason Statham

Busy Movies Inspired Been Jet Very

People have to be able to make money off their brains and their hearts. Or else we're all going to starve, and it's the machines that'll get good.

Jaron Lanier

Good Money People Brains Going Get

My 'Rot & Ruin' series is a post-apocalyptic adventure for teens. My 'Joe Ledger' novels are science-based action thrillers for adults. My 'Dead of Night' stories are zombie tales for adults; my 'Pine Deep Trilogy' is classic horror for adults, and I've written nonfiction books on topics ranging from martial arts to folklore.

Jonathan Maberry

Adventure Night Action Deep Horror

I love going to Rodeo Drive with my wife.

Jose Andres

Love Wife Drive Going Rodeo I Love

My dad was an actor, and he always said that work was work; you can't turn your nose up at it. We didn't have much money when I was growing up, and he had this real work ethic, which I inherited.

Johnny Flynn

Work Money Growing Up Work Ethic You

I think if you look at Sam Raimi and Jim Cameron, those guys know things about filmmaking that almost nobody knows anymore. They are students of film from when they handmade films themselves, you know cut films with their own hands and razor blades and tape.

Dileep Rao

Think Hands You Look Filmmaking Own

In various European countries, it is increasingly common for young men to live with their parents into their 30s and even longer. Why not? In the welfare state, there is no shame in doing so.

Dennis Prager

Live Men Parents Doing Young Why

The true end users of Facebook are the marketers who want to reach and influence us. They are Facebook's paying customers; we are the product. And we are its workers. The countless hours that we - and the young, particularly - spend on our profiles are the unpaid labor on which Facebook justifies its stock valuation.

Douglas Rushkoff

Influence End Reach Labor Young