Jhumpa Lahiri Quotes
When I sit down to write, I don't think about writing about an idea or a given message. I just try to write a story which is hard enough.Jhumpa Lahiri
Quotes to Explore
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Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.
Damien Hirst -
Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.
Daniel Barenboim -
I was always interested in the kind of history they didn't teach you in school.
Sally Watson -
Millions of American families affected by debilitating diseases have new hope today after the U.S. House passed legislation to support potentially life-saving stem cell research.
Nancy Johnson -
There's nobody else that can double me - except for a doll.
Verne Troyer -
Countries like France should not be naive. We don't have a French YouTube or Amazon or Netflix.
Xavier Niel
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A lot of West Virginia is untouched. It doesn't have as many strip malls, it has these old towns that feel like it used to be how it looked. Charleston has this river that runs through it, and it's really beautiful.
Sam Trammell -
Bob Rubin was opposed to signing the welfare bill. He's not exactly what I call a flaming liberal.
Rahm Emanuel -
The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
Saint Ambrose -
People with water-borne diseases occupy more than 50% of hospital beds across the world. Does the answer lie in building more hospitals? Really, what is needed is to give them clean water.
Manoj Bhargava -
Car chases are as painstaking to make as they are fun to watch. They take a lot of time, and you have to keep the energy up.
Edgar Wright -
A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
Sam Graves
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I got my first leopard print coat when I was 15. I nearly got beat up, but I was happy with it.
Imelda May -
I have been the last space marine between earth and an alien invasion. I really just don't need to go there anymore.
Warren Spector -
What have we achieved since the end of the Second World War? We have allowed petty, bourgeois regimes in which everything is average, mediocre.
Tahar Ben Jelloun -
I deliberately try not to cater for the commercial market, so I can't see myself in competition, you know, with second or third generation rock stars.
Van Morrison -
Therapists have tremendous power over their vulnerable clients, and it is very easy to take advantage of this power.
Kate Christensen -
If you're missing three or four limbs, you have special challenges going forward. And the last thing you want is to not be independent in your home.
Gary Sinise
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There once was a demographic survey done to determine if money was connected to happiness and Ireland was the only place where this did not turn out to be true.
Fiona Shaw -
I wrote 'Ruined' and 'Vera Stark' at the same time. That's just how my brain functions - when I'm dwelling someplace very heavy, I need a release.
Lynn Nottage -
I think my love of form is especially informed by my background, whether this is creating a wonderful silhouette in a dress or finding the perfect shape for a bowl or the 'just so' angle of a table leg.
John Rocha -
Here's what I think about music and journalism: The most important thing is to just press play.
Frank Ocean -
I think, bottom line, I have to be good enough to make the team. I have to bring something in and beat somebody else out, especially with a smaller roster for the Olympics.
Megan Rapinoe -
When I sit down to write, I don't think about writing about an idea or a given message. I just try to write a story which is hard enough.
Jhumpa Lahiri