Jhumpa Lahiri Quotes

He told me he was working as an interpreter in a doctor's office in Brookline, Massachusetts, where I was living at the time, and he was translating for a doctor who had a number of Russian patients. On my way home, after running into him, I just heard this phrase in my head.

Jhumpa Lahiri

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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HomeTimeMeDoctorLivingWay

The thing that weighs the most on how your final artwork turns out is the amount of time you have and the speed at which you can move.

Jim Lee

TimeSpeedYouOutFinalMove

If you're going to see 'City of Ghosts' because you want to understand everything about the Syrian conflict and how to fix it, then it's the wrong film to see.

Matthew Heineman

CityConflictYouWrongUnderstand

I have to be absolutely drawn to the project. If you're ashamed or bored by it at the beginning, it's going to be a pretty nightmarish thing.

Rupert Friend

BeginningYouProjectBoredAshamed

There's something about the Razorbacks that's unique to Arkansas - I don't know how many states have just one team that the entire state coalesces around. We don't have a pro team, so everybody's into the Razorbacks. Everybody's watching the Razorbacks on Saturday.

Matt Besser

TeamSaturdayUniqueKnowWatching

There's really nothing like a live audience right there. When you're in a bad show, you can hear the creaks in the chairs.

Louis Gossett, Jr.

LiveYouBadNothingRightAudience

For movies, I usually do an entire book that has all kinds of things about what is happening at the time the movie is going on and try to get into what my character's going to be like, to try to get some consistency, because they shoot movies out of order.

Loretta Devine

CharacterTimeConsistencyBookTry

I'm just thrilled to see people enjoying the music.

Juice Newton

MusicPeopleSeeJustEnjoying

'North by Northwest' was a big influence for 'The Bourne Identity.'

Doug Liman

IdentityInfluenceBigNorthwest

I'm very proud of the fact that the women on 'The Americans' are written to be equally complex as the men.

Alison Wright

WomenMenProudComplexFactVery

I have really become a huge believer in the power of open source.

Peter Levine

PowerBecomeOpenSourceOpen Source

I don't think that 25-year-olds should be fighting 40-year-olds.

Scott Coker

ThinkFightingShould

I've dated girls and I always wait for that one right time to kiss. I don't kiss on the first date, so I'll take a girl out to dinners, and we'll go bowling, and I make sure to charm them before I do it.

Kellan Lutz

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