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Jhumpa Lahiri Quotes

I'm bound to fail when I write in Italian, but unlike my sense of failure in the past, this doesn't torment or grieve me.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Failure Past Me Write Fail Sense

There's a lot of weight on the shoulders of a single parent, and that's taken a lot of energy away from me. It was always in the back of my mind that I had to do it, and I couldn't count on anybody. There was no one around to pay for me to get through life.

Life Mind Me Energy Parent Back

Families are nothing other than the idolatry of duty.

Nothing Duty Than Families Idolatry

I was born in Panama, the Republic of Panama, on July 16, 1948 in Panama City, in an area called San Felipe.

City Born July Republic I Was Born

I don't like to photograph children as children. I like to see them as adults, as who they really are. I'm always looking for the side of who they might become.

Mary Ellen Mark

Children Looking Become Always See

I lack trust in others.

Trust Others Lack

Audrey Hepburn is someone I've always admired. She has that untouchable star quality.

Quality Someone She Always Star

I was always a storyteller. I just didn't know it. I never shared the stories I made up inside my head when I was growing up. I never wrote them down, either. But I can't remember a time when they weren't there.

Time Growing Up Remember Down Know

Yes, it was difficult - making 'The Act of Killing' in particular was a very lonely process. No one really believed in it until very close to the end. But it was also a sanctuary. I was working in obscurity.

Joshua Oppenheimer

Process End Lonely Difficult Act

As premiums continue to skyrocket, we must ensure that health insurers are not engaging in anticompetitive behavior and unfairly driving up health care costs.

Health Care Behavior Driving Up

When I was about 14, I got a splicing kit, which means you could chop up the film into little pieces and switch the order around and glue it together.

Together You Glue Up Little Pieces

It's hard to imagine anything more interesting than learning how we're woven into the enormous tapestry of existence. Where did our universe come from? How special is our world, and how special are we? We allocate tens of billions of dollars annually to NASA, NSF and academia in search of the answers.

Learning World Search Universe NASA

If I am right about the big picture, I will be rewarded for my patience.

Patience I Am Picture Big Picture Am

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