Abraham Verghese Quotes

Modern society has evolved to the point where we counter the old-fashioned fatalism surrounding the word 'cancer' by embracing the idea of the Uber-mind - that our will possesses nearly supernatural powers.

Abraham Verghese

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SocietyWillPointCancerModern

You're sort of programmed a certain way because of your environment. That's all you know. But we don't have that anymore because of the internet. Because of the internet we're all communicating with each other all across the board, so you're getting information from people all around the world, hitting a much more diverse slice of culture.

Joe Rogan

CulturePeopleWorldInternetYou

There's definitely a fascination with crime stories and stories of characters acting out against authority.

Joel Edgerton

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I fell in love with jazz when I was 12 years old from listening to Duke Ellington and hearing a lot of jazz in New York on the radio.

Steve Lacy

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I've done every job in the world, and movies, the only thing close to a movie that I've ever done is it's kind of like being in a band.

Dito Montiel

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The person who gives you your first job is so important in any industry.

Christopher Eccleston

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If you're really looking to hurt somebody's feelings, just break up with them.

Chelsea Handler

LookingHurtYouFeelingsUpBreak

To be sure, no piece of social machinery, however well constructed, can be effective unless there is back of it a will and a determination to make it work.

Cordell Hull

WorkDeterminationBackWillSure

Wit is the most rascally, contemptible, beggarly thing on the face of the earth.

Arthur Murphy

FaceEarthWitMostThing

I'm not into wrinkles.

Winona Ryder

Wrinkles

The Nobel Prize gives one the opportunity to take public stands.

Philip Warren Anderson

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Supposedly, going to war initiates you into this gnostic priesthood of people who've had a liminal experience forever separating them from civilians. Except... you go there, and it is what it is. A form of human activity as varied as any other.

Phil Klay

ExperienceWarPeopleYouGoHuman

The best advice is to get on with it. I'm very prone to falling into depressions - not clinical, just 'can't be bothered.' It's such a waste of time.

Peter Capaldi

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