Abraham Verghese Quotes

I joke, but only half joke, that if you show up in an American hospital missing a finger, no one will believe you until they get a CAT scan, MRI and orthopedic consult.

Abraham Verghese

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BelieveAmericanYouWillHospital

'Game of Thrones' is taking dense novels and trying to shrink it all down to a slightly manageable series in the sense that there are so many characters and so many locations.

Jim Rash

GameTryingDownSenseTakingMany

If you make a fashion mistake, that's one that's going to resonate for a very long time.

Meghan Markle

TimeMistakeFashionLongYouGoing

We were marching since we were babies and all we did was make Jane Fonda famous.

Robert Patrick

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Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.

Ambrose Bierce

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If only Coca-Cola had had the kind of message to accompany its addictive deliciousness that Fox News has, we'd all be speaking Cokelish today.

Steven Weber

TodayNewsKindFoxCoca-ColaOnly

I used to watch 'SNL' when I was babysitting, after I put the kids to bed. It was the Gilda Radner and Bill Murray era. I loved it.

Molly Shannon

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Fathers always play mahagurus to their children, and I am no exception.

Mithun Chakraborty

ChildrenI AmPlayAlwaysFathers

With the Patriot Bill in place, the NSA no longer needed to get a warrant from a judge to tap into anybody's electronic information. A Surveillance State that would have boggled the mind of Orwell was born.

Jay Parini

MindJudgeInformationBornPlace

I believe that investing in our children's development from the earliest age is the single most important contribution we can make to the health and wellbeing of our citizens, their capacity and the future prosperity of our state.

Jay Weatherill

FutureAgeChildrenHealthBelieve

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

Joseph Campbell

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In a globalized world, one application can spread like wildfire and there's only one winning company, which means you have to invest more than you've ever had.

Douglas Leone

WinningWorldYouMoreCompanyOnly

It can be very hard to find clothing for different body shapes. After all, there are only, what, five companies for plus-size women?

Chrissy Metz

WomenBodyFindHardClothingFive

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