Jhumpa Lahiri Quotes

American? Indian? I don't know what these words mean. In Italy, it is all about blood, family, where you come from. I'm asked where I am from. I'm from nowhere; I always was, but now I am happy knowing it.

Jhumpa Lahiri

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FamilyWordsI AmHappyAmerican

I've been interested in terrorism from the very beginning. My first novel is about that, too, and I think one reason I've been so interested in terrorism is because I have a deep interest - one of my deepest interests - in image culture and how it works. And terrorism is an epiphenomenon of image culture.

Jennifer Egan

CultureBeginningDeepThinkImage

There's no question in my mind that I think I would have been a better president than Barack Obama has been.

Mitt Romney

MindThinkBetterPresidentQuestion

Very often, overweight children have parents who are struggling with weight issues.

Lisa Ling

ChildrenParentsWeightOverweight

Of all the questions I get asked as an undocumented immigrant in the United States, there are two - asked in various permutations via email, social media or in person - that chill me to the bone: 'Why don't you just make yourself legal?' And: 'Why don't you get in the back of the line?'

Jose Antonio Vargas

Social MediaYourselfMeChillLegal

In college, I was a fiercely committed Democrat - a meeting with Jack Kemp, then Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, challenged my blind partisanship.

Cory Booker

CollegeBlindMeetingDevelopment

It's official: The biggest back-to-school bullies are anxiety, worry and fear.

Chuck Norris

FearAnxietyWorryBulliesOfficial

I stay in contact with my castmates from 'Atlanta' almost every day.

Brian Tyree Henry

DayEvery DayAtlantaContactStay

There has to be a protagonist who has to overcome challenges, and there will be a race to finish.

Ashwin Sanghi

ChallengesWillRaceOvercomeFinish

I've gotten jobs that I think I've done the worst audition I ever did, and I got the job. I've done the best audition I've ever done in my entire life, and I haven't gotten the job.

Lin Shaye

LifeBestJobThinkDoneWorst

We must become more energy independent. The development of ANWR will assist in this goal.

Kenny Marchant

EnergyGoalIndependentWillBecome

There were some films I refused because the feminist aspect was a bit wonky.

Julie Christie

BecauseSomeFeministWereAspect

They've really got to recognize that all of us bring some of our family issues to work and our work home.

James Levine

WorkFamilyHomeBringGotUs

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