Jhumpa Lahiri Quotes

Surely it is a magical thing for a handful of words, artfully arranged, to stop time. To conjure a place, a person, a situation, in all its specificity and dimensions. To affect us and alter us, as profoundly as real people and things do.

Jhumpa Lahiri

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I thought being in the wheelchair might be kind of limiting for me as an actor. It turned out cool in a lot of ways. Of course, at the end of the day, I can get up out of the chair and go home, but I'm very acutely aware that most people can't, so I try to give the situation that depth.

Jim Beaver

HomeBe KindDayPeopleMeCool

Prudery is a kind of avarice, the worst of all.

Stendhal

KindWorstAvarice

I assure you I will not miss the chance to show you that you were right when you voted for me.

Traian Basescu

MeChanceYouWillRightMiss

I wonder if it's in the nature of fiction writers to never quite see their own lives as 'real,' since we are always making stuff up!

Julia Glass

NatureWonderNeverRealAlwaysSee

As you get older and wiser you realize that when people are given anything without having to earn it (unless they are physically or mentally utterly incapable of earning anything), they become ungrateful and lazy. They also become less happy.

Dennis Prager

HappyPeopleYouLazyWiserBecome

It's a lot of work being an indie artist, but it's worth it.

Dawn Richard

WorkWorthArtistWorth ItBeing

I'm - you know, I'm not a good actor.

Chuck Norris

GoodYouKnowActorGood Actor

I don't get grumpy at a 'Strictly' level, you understand. We're just making a television show - the person I'm dancing with can't dance; they're doing their best, and we're not going to win the World Championships.

Anton du Beke

BestDanceWinWorldDoingYou

I think I'm learning to be bolder in my career choices and be more confident in my personal life. I haven't always felt very secure as an individual, but now I feel I certain confidence and sense of self that gets me through the day a lot better than before.

Winona Ryder

LifeLearningConfidenceDayMe

We have to continue to build on our strengths and remain successful.

Pierre Nanterme

BuildStrengthsSuccessfulContinue

I voted in support of H.R. 5445, the 21st Century IRS Act, which requires the IRS to place more taxpayer services online.

Seth Moulton

SupportPlaceMoreAct21st Century

The natural world is the only one we have. To try to not see the natural world - to put on blinders and avoid seeing it - would for me seem like a form of madness. I'm also interested in the way landscape shapes individuals and populations, and from that, cultures.

Rick Bass

MeWorldMadnessLandscapeSeeing

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