Jhumpa Lahiri Quotes
It interests me to imagine characters shifting from one situation and one location to another for whatever the circumstances may be.
Quotes to Explore
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Divorce isn't the child's fault. Don't say anything unkind about your ex to the child, because you're really just hurting the child.
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Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
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The first time someone tried to share the Gospel with me, I naively explained that I was Jewish and born in Israel, thank you... This was a big mistake. In certain parts of Christian America, admitting I was an Israeli-born Jew turned me into walking catnip.
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My music confuses people because they think I will sound a certain way because I look a certain way with the dreads.
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It is peculiar to mankind to transcend mankind.
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The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
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If we work so hard and put all the money in the hospital to buy medicine - it will be a disaster. Why we should work? So without a healthy environment of this Earth, no matter how much money you make, no matter how wonderful you are, you have a bad disaster.
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A lot of people think that because I'm from Malaysia, I'm driven by Malaysian sound, but actually, it's mostly just my melodies.
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When someone says something that really hurts me, I have to retweet it to let it go.
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I'm particularly drawn to actors in their own little drama. I find it's that area I'm very alive to. And I don't encounter it that often. You have to be far from civilization, you have to be far from New York or London to find people who do that.
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I'm not selfish. I am where I am because I have worked very hard and have always done my job.
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No, we are not anti-white. But we don't have time for the white man. The white man is on top already, the white man is the boss already... He has first-class citizenship already. So you are wasting your time talking to the white man. We are working on our own people.
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On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting.
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It's really hard to use a laptop when you only have half a lap.
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The function of memory is not only to preserve, but also to throw away. If you remembered everything from your entire life, you would be sick.
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We have deep depth.
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The dose makes the poison.
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The hardest role that I've ever tried to play was Clara Johnson in 'Light in the Piazza' at Lincoln Center. It was the least fun I've ever had, but the most beautiful experience I've ever had. I could not understand her. I could not put my feet in her shoes. I came home every night, and I was depressed.
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False and doubtful positions, relied upon as unquestionable maxims, keep those who build on them in the dark from truth. Such are usually the prejudices imbibed from education, party, reverence, fashion, interest, et cetera.
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It's easy enough to plan jobs, to plan a lot of work.
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My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.
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A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
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It interests me to imagine characters shifting from one situation and one location to another for whatever the circumstances may be.
