Jhumpa Lahiri Quotes

As a child, I felt that the Indian part of me was unacknowledged, and therefore somehow negated, by my American environment and vice versa. Growing up, I was impatient with my parents for being so different, holding on to India the way they did, and always making me feel like I had to make a choice of which way I would go.

Jhumpa Lahiri

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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The '70s was a decade that was crammed with prominent women science fiction writers, and a lot of women made their debut in that decade or really came to prominence.

Ann Leckie

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I used to think I'd like to have been a pioneer on the Oregon Trail, experience untamed America.

Tracie Peterson

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Management gurus in general are, I think, best avoided. All too often they reduce your working life to a list of rules to be followed. Targets are aimed at. Goals kicked at. You then break the rules or forget them and, hey presto, you start beating yourself up.

Tom Hodgkinson

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I say, 'Why not' to everything.

Russell Westbrook

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I like when the ice gets thin, the going gets rough, the guests get edgy.

Dick Cavett

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If you look at the heritage of the cable business, if you can own a niche, you have a good chance of succeeding.

David Zaslav

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You learn more about yourself in intimate relationships than any other endeavor. I can go do 'King and I' and sing out in front of 1,000-plus people, but trying to open up about something that's bothering me with somebody that I'm in a relationship with? That's the scariest thing.

Conrad Ricamora

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I'd been very partial to Malcolm X, particularly his self-help teachings.

Clarence Thomas

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I came up under the wing of Larry Bowa, and one thing I did not do was ever take a day off from taking pregame groundballs or batting practice. Then the games were just having fun.

Ryne Sandberg

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My father told me you have two loves in your life: What you do and the people you're with.

Mario Van Peebles

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I should probably confess that I get bored easily, which explains my reluctance to work with formula, tropes, whatever.

Kit Reed

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Every lawyer is an actor. The place where a lawyer's acting ability shines most is certainly in the courtroom, but it works very well in the boardroom and in the office.

Jamey Sheridan

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