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I'm a great admirer of Primo Levi's work. It's always mind-boggling, the idea of how much pain people can endure and still come back from the edge with a sense of humor, with this tremendous animal desire we have to get on with life.

~Allan Gurganus

Topics: Admirer Always Animal Back Come Desire Edge Endure Get Great How How Much Humor Idea Levi Life Mind-Boggling Much Pain People Sense Sense Of Humor Still Tremendous Work

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When it's wet, you're much more tense on the steering wheel, you have to dance with the throttle and the brakes more. Each lap is a different scenario, so you're really on the edge of your nerves. One mistake could cost you the entire race.

~Allan Mcnish

Topics: Cost Could Dance Different Each Edge Entire Lap Mistake More Much Nerves Race Really Scenario Steering Tense Wet Wheel You Your

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You think NASA is going to be cutting edge, but they've got so many buildings that are just left over from the '60s. It's old.

~Allison Schroeder

Topics: Buildings Cutting Cutting Edge Edge Going Got Just Left Many Nasa Old Over Think You

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I am a variety machine; I look for variety in my characters, and an extra edge in the characterisation helps in bringing out a better performance.

~Allu Arjun

Topics: Am Better Bringing Characters Edge Extra Helps Look Machine Out Performance Variety I Am

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I was the kind of reader in smudged pink harlequin glasses sitting on the cool, dusty floor of the Arrandale public library, standing at the edge of the playground, having broken a tooth in dodge ball, and lying under my covers with a flashlight.

~Amy Bloom

Topics: Ball Broken Cool Covers Dodge Dusty Edge Floor Glasses Having Kind Library Lying Pink Playground Public Public Library Reader Sitting Standing Tooth

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I think there's a void for some authentic soul music with an edge. I think there's some people who grew up with Motown and Stevie Wonder that still can appreciate Future, Drake, and all these different things, too, but there shouldn't be a void for those people, as well.

~Anderson Paak

Topics: Appreciate Authentic Different Different Things Drake Edge Future Grew Motown Music People Some Some People Soul Soul Music Stevie Stevie Wonder Still Things Think Those Too Up Void Well Who Wonder I Think

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'The Knick' is set in New York during the 1990s, and it takes place around a hospital called The Knickerbocker. It's about a team of surgeons and nurses who are on the cutting edge of medicine.

~Andre Holland

Topics: About Around Cutting Cutting Edge Edge Hospital Medicine New New York Nurses Place Set Takes Team Who York 1990S

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Women have been taught that, for us, the earth is flat, and that if we venture out, we will fall off the edge. Some of us have ventured out nevertheless, and so far we have not fallen off. It is my faith, my feminist faith, that we will not.

~Andrea Dworkin

Topics: Been Earth Edge Faith Fall Fallen Far Feminist Flat Nevertheless Off Out Some Taught Us Venture Will Women

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Bitcoin offers one service: securely time-stamped, scripted transactions. Everything else is built on the edge-devices as an application. Bitcoin allows any application to be developed independently, without permission, on the edge of the network.

~Andreas Antonopoulos

Topics: Any Application Bitcoin Built Developed Edge Else Everything Everything Else Independently Network Offers Permission Scripted Service Transactions Without

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I'm all about entertaining and keeping a reader on the edge of their seat, so to me, the social issues have to be meaningful and give the book what's really 'at stake,' but ultimately it's not about them - it's always a personal story of everyday people thrust into life-threatening situations and having to perform heroic acts.

~Andrew Gross

Topics: About Acts Always Book Edge Entertaining Everyday Everyday People Give Having Heroic Issues Keeping Life-Threatening Me Meaningful People Perform Personal Reader Really Seat Situations Social Social Issues Stake Story Them Thrust Ultimately

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