Jhumpa Lahiri Quotes

In graduate school, I decide to write my doctoral thesis on how Italian architecture influenced English playwrights of the seventeenth century. I wonder why certain playwrights decided to set their tragedies, written in English, in Italian palaces.

Jhumpa Lahiri

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ArchitectureSchoolWonderWhyWrite

If I'm serious about patients and their GPs being able to have more control of their health care, I can't have a top-down system that imposes restrictions on the services they need.

Andrew Lansley

HealthControlCareSeriousNeed

I was fat, so I have the right to tell other fat people not only that they should lose weight, but also that they must lose weight because I was fat, and I lost weight, and I saw the difference.

Jean Nidetch

PeopleFatLoseLostRightTell

I enjoy the small things.

Michael Buble

Small ThingsSmallEnjoyThings

In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed.

John Rawls

MoneyFinancePoliticalSystem

I didn't necessarily fit in in high school. I felt very awkward. I still feel completely awkward and weird in my body sometimes. I'm hoping that's going to go away, but I've just embraced it as reality.

Amy Adams

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The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.

Soren Kierkegaard

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Three thousand hits is something that should stand for itself.

Rod Carew

StandThreeSomethingThousandHits

Is fuel efficiency really what we need most desperately? I say that what we really need is a car that can be shot when it breaks down.

Russell Baker

CarEfficiencyDownSayNeedMost

Honestly, I just have to do what's right for me, and what I would tell people is what I believe, which is that tolerance is very important.

Martina McBride

PeopleMeBelieveToleranceRight

Donald Trump tells us that he is very, very smart. I'm afraid that when it comes to foreign policy, he is very, very not smart.

Mitt Romney

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I have something in common with Nazis in that I am opposed to the radical Left. And when you oppose the radical Left, you end up being a part of a much larger group that includes Nazis in it.

Jordan Peterson

I AmEndYouGroupUpSomething

When it comes to celebrities and tabloids, to me that is a bummer. That's a little disappointing. And it is amazing how things really get made. I always used to think that where there is smoke there is fire, and now I see stories pop up out of nowhere with no basis in reality.

Jon Favreau

FireAmazingMeThinkRealitySmoke

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