Dinaw Mengestu Quotes

Once I began college, I was committed to writing, which I think is different from saying I wanted to become a writer. I knew I would always write; I just wasn't always sure how I would go about doing so.

Dinaw Mengestu

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This life and this job and this position that I'm put in, it forces you to grow up quick. I definitely got dropped in the deep end.

Flume
- Life
- Up
- Job
Is there any more encouraging sign than to see an Indian, who has never been to a university, like our friend Mr. Asutosh Dey here, for example, carrying out original work and finding it recognized by the foremost societies of the world?

C. V. Raman
- World
- Work
- Friend
After 2012, all of the Washington political consultants and all the mainstream media came to Republicans and said, 'You've got to do better with Hispanics, and the way to do better with Hispanics is to embrace amnesty.' And, look, a lot of Republicans in Washington were scared.

Ted Cruz
- Political
- Better
- Media
Don't get between me and a really good picture in the darkroom, because then I want to go straight to the darkroom and develop it. But once that's done, I'm fine.

Sally Mann
- Good
- Done
- Me
I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.

Mandy Patinkin
- People
- Problem
- Violence
There is always the fear of failure, and if you struggle, you become nervous, and that's when the underdogs have an opportunity to create a surprise.

Ottmar Hitzfeld