Jhumpa Lahiri Quotes

The highlight of my undergraduate years was a year-long Shakespeare course I took with Edward Tayler.

Jhumpa Lahiri

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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When I started writing 'Batman,' I lobbied heavily to get rid of Robin - or at least not use him in the stories I wrote. Fighting crime with a teenager dressed in primary colors while you're sporting a gray-and-black outfit always struck me as child endangerment, if not abuse.

Jim Starlin

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The U.N. is one of many competitors in a marketplace of global problem solving.

John Bolton

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Working on 'Skyfall' was the most enjoyable experience I've ever had on a movie, ever.

John Logan

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I learned about life before I went into the theater, which is why I've been so happy. I was a soldier.

Michael Caine

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Late summer is perfect for classic mysteries - think of Raymond Chandler's hot Santa Anas and Agatha Christie's Mediterranean resorts - while big ambitious works of nonfiction are best approached in September and early October, when we still feel energetic and the grass no longer needs to be cut.

Michael Dirda

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Honestly, I grew up a huge Peanuts fan.

Tom King

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I have come to believe that if two people are prepared to make a lifetime commitment to love and care for each other in good times and in bad, the government shouldn't deny them the opportunity to get married.

Rob Portman

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International donors, our friends, should demand results; impose results. The fact of giving money is not helping if you give money to honest people and there is no structure to manage that money. It is not helping.

Michel Martelly

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We have made people in the industry and the people that see us aware that God loves them.

Della Reese

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Children are ready to learn when they are ready to learn, not necessarily when their parents are ready to teach them.

Clayton M. Christensen

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I am actually terrified of sharks; it is my number-one fear.

Claire Holt

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My perfect morning is spent drinking coffee, eating porridge and reading the paper at a local cafe.

Anton du Beke

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