Jhumpa Lahiri Quotes

Many of the novelists I admire never left their hometown. Look at Flannery O'Connor. So many of the great Russians never left Russia. Shakespeare never left England. The list goes on.

Jhumpa Lahiri

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 11, 1967

Topics

GreatHometownLookAdmireNever

When a person starts to talk about their dreams, it's as if something bubbles up from within. Their eyes brighten, their face glows, and you can feel the excitement in their words.

John C. Maxwell

DreamsEyesWordsFaceFeelYou

Policies are many, Principles are few, Policies will change, Principles never do.

John C. Maxwell

ChangePrinciplesWillNeverMany

I'm the person friends come to when they want to find the perfect restaurant or boutique hotel on the outskirts of Paris. As opposed to scouring the Internet for a travel guide, wouldn't you rather ask the people who are really cool who go there? That's what I do.

Meghan Markle

TravelPeopleCoolRestaurantHotel

I'm the type who'd be happy not going anywhere as long as I was sure I knew exactly what was happening at the places I wasn't going to. I'm the type who'd like to sit home and watch every party that I'm invited to on a monitor in my bedroom.

Andy Warhol

HomeHappyBe HappyLongPartySit

Being an actor, we're so dependent on the writers.

Amy Ryan

ActorBeingDependentWriters

I am better at math than spelling.

Spike Jonze

I AmBetterMathSpellingThanAm

My feeling was that I simply didn't have the enthusiasm to do reinvention.

Roger Daltrey

EnthusiasmFeelingReinventionSimply

You can't fix stupid.

Ron White

StupidYouFix

Being on the Intelligence Committee made me more of a hawk.

Mike Quigley

IntelligenceMeMoreCommitteeHawk

I knew from a young age that I was attracted to guys. I didn't know if it was a phase... I didn't want to say, 'Hey, I might be gay. I might be bi.' I just didn't know... I wanted to find who I was and make sure I knew what was comfortable. So I didn't tell anyone growing up.

Michael Sam

AgeGrowing UpFindGayKnowYoung

Every decision on trade, on taxes, on immigration, on foreign affairs, will be made to benefit American workers and American families. We must protect our borders from the ravages of other countries making our products, stealing our companies, and destroying our jobs. Protection will lead to great prosperity and strength.

Donald Trump

StrengthGreatDecisionAmerican

A Trump presidency - neutral between dictatorships and democracies, opposed to free trade, skeptical of traditional U.S. defense alliances, hostile to immigration - would mark the collapse of the entire architecture of the U.S.-led post-World War II global order.

Bret Stephens

ArchitectureWarFreeImmigration

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