Jhumpa Lahiri Quotes
The most compelling narrative, expressed in sentences with which I have no chemical reaction, or an adverse one, leaves me cold.
Quotes to Explore
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To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful.
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It wasn't my dream to make music. It was just something I ended up doing, and no one said stop.
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Cambridge was a joy. Tediously. People reading books in a posh place. It was my fantasy. I loved it. I miss it still.
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When 'Lost' was over, we expected that there'd be some people who'd really like it and other people who wouldn't. The Emmy nominations are an indication to us that there were a fair number of people who did like the way we concluded our story.
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There are not many people on Team Gary. Actually, it's two people. My kids.
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I don't look into negative things. Go past mistakes and look forward.
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I use humour a lot. My foundation is tragic, but my appearance is humorous.
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Moral discipline is the consistent exercise of agency to choose the right because it is right, even when it is hard.
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A God who makes no demands, is the functional equivalent of a God who does not exist.
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We are a little piece of continual change, looking at an infinite quantity of continual change.
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I didn't know you would be here last night, but you were. We can't fight fate. Instead, we must accept that fate has given us a special opportunity.
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You could say sorry," suggested Harry bluntly. "What, and get attacked by another flock of canaries?" muttered Ron. "What did you have to imitate her for?" "She laughed at my mustache!" "So did I, it was the stupidest thing I've ever seen.
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We need to encourage an attitude of constant questioning, which is a genuine part of our potential as students. If students were required to drop their questions, that would create armies of zombies- rows of jellyfish...The questioning mind is absolutely necessary.
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The overall trend is downward. There are fewer toxic chemicals going into the environment, but we want to see that amount go down even more.
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I think comedy is a good way to deal with anything. I hear about people in the hospital who are ill, and they use humor to help them through it. I think it's a great remedy for many things.
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It is all about the quality of the communication, not the quantity.
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"Ask, and it is given" means that whether you are a full blossoming genius human, or whether you are the one-celled amoeba in the ocean, or a cell in one of your bodies, when it is concluded that something else is preferred (no matter how developed the consciousness is) every time a preference is noted, Nonphysical Energy rushes forth to answer it. It is the promise of our evolving beingness.
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The most compelling narrative, expressed in sentences with which I have no chemical reaction, or an adverse one, leaves me cold.
