Jhumpa Lahiri Quotes

I always think first about the nature of the story. When I had the idea for 'The Namesake,' I felt that it had to be a novel - it couldn't work as a story.

Jhumpa Lahiri

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorkNatureStoryThinkFirstIdea

Now, if you're Al Gore, you can afford $10 a pop for squiggly-pig-tailed fluorescent light bulbs. But if you're mainstream America, two or three kids, mom and dad working outside the home, that's not a very good deal.

Joe Barton

GoodHomeLightMomAmericaYou

I think my comedy, the put-downs I do to hecklers, are the accumulated bitterness of years of people feeling that it's perfectly acceptable to make a comment on your appearance when they don't even know you.

Jo Brand

PeopleThinkComedyYouAppearance

Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout.

Melvin Maddocks

GivingScoutBoyJazzLittleLike

If I really buckle down, I think one day I could be a very good actress.

Megan Fox

GoodDayThinkDownOne DayActress

If a lending institution is faced with bids for a package of toxic assets that are less than the carrying value of those assets, the sale of those assets would trigger a further loss and reduce the underlying capital of the institution.

Roger Altman

ValueLossToxicInstitutionWould

What NPR did, I'm very proud of, and what NPR stood for is non-racist, non-bigoted, straightforward telling of the news.

Ron Schiller

ProudNewsStraightforwardTelling

I'm super excited to have people hear little stories about my life, the lives of my friends, people I know.

Ruth B

LifePeopleMy LifeFriendsKnow

Islam is a dangerous religion.

Michel Houellebecq

ReligionDangerousIslam

Biography - a system in which the contradictions of a human life are unified.

Jose Ortega y Gasset

LifeHumanHuman LifeSystemUnified

I loved everything, but it was Kanye West who really changed everything for me.

Jon Bellion

MeLovedEverythingWestChanged

I think the secret to happiness is having a Teflon soul. Whatever comes your way, you either let it slide or you cook with it.

Diane Lane

HappinessSoulThinkYouWaySecret

Men should be like Kleenex, soft, strong and disposable.

Cher

MenStrongSoftLikeDisposable

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