Jhumpa Lahiri Quotes

The Italians always know that I'm not Italian.

Jhumpa Lahiri

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

KnowAlwaysItalianItalians

You can't really be picky when no one is offering you anything.

Joel Edgerton

YouAnythingOfferingPickyReally

When the intelligence is making a policymaker too happy, he ought to challenge it, and even if he doesn't, the intelligence briefer needs to launch a red team against his own conclusions to see if he can hold his ground.

Michael Hayden

ChallengeIntelligenceRedHappySee

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.

John Wooden

CharacterReputationMoreYourThan

I didn't want to be a performer. I didn't want to be famous.

Sophie B. Hawkins

FamousWantPerformer

The beginning of atonement is the sense of its necessity.

Lord Byron

BeginningNecessitySenseAtonement

When I lock myself up to write, I cannot allow myself to think about the censor or the reviewer or anyone but my characters and their story!

Judy Blume

MyselfStoryThinkWriteUpLock

I want to see overwhelming force repel anybody who is trying to get into the White House.

Jason Chaffetz

TryingHouseWhiteWantSeeForce

I'm sure there are many women in this world who would hate me because all I watch is sports. But I found the one girl who loves watching with me.

Josh Segarra

WomenGirlSportsHateMeWorld

Eli Manning is the one man I just don't want to see in the playoffs. He is a flatliner.

Jon Gruden

ManWantSeePlayoffsJustHe

The big question society will have to answer is whether it wants computers thinking like humans.

David Smith

SocietyComputersThinkingWillBig

I think I kind of want to get to a point of being as successful as possible in a way that's unique to me.

Conor Maynard

MeThinkUniqueWantKindPossible

I believe Watergate shows that the system did work. Particularly the Judiciary and the Congress, and ultimately an independent prosecutor working in the Executive Branch.

Bob Woodward

WorkBelieveIndependentI Believe

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