Jhumpa Lahiri Quotes

My parents came from Calcutta. They arrived in Cambridge, much like the parents in my novel. And I found myself sort of caught between the world of my parents and the world they had left behind and still clung to, and also the world that surrounded me at school and everywhere else, as soon as I set foot out the door.

Jhumpa Lahiri

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MyselfSchoolParentsMeDoorWorld

Ronald Reagan knew who he was. Barack Obama is still working through that equation politically.

Joe Scarborough

ThroughWorkingStillWhoKnewHe

When it comes to kids, it's just not hard to get them healthy. I don't find it hard and don't understand why people find it hard.

Jillian Michaels

PeopleFindHealthyWhyUnderstand

I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.

Mel Brooks

WarSoldierLastCombatMonthsWWII

It was a shock to people of the nineteenth century when they discovered, from observations science had made, that many features of the biological world could be ascribed to the elegant principle of natural selection.

Michael Behe

SciencePeopleWorldElegantNatural

If your work isn't exciting, doesn't stir the emotions, where's the challenge? Where's the progress if you always play it safe?

Michael Douglas

WorkChallengeProgressYouPlay

Americans are a decade behind Canada when it comes to sex education and understanding their bodies.

Sue Johanson

EducationUnderstandingSexCanada

I love the writing and performing, but everything in between sucks.

Sia

LoveWritingEverythingPerforming

Perhaps British TV companies don't want women my age on screen. I don't know.

Trinny Woodall

WomenAgeKnowWantScreenBritish

Although I'm very competitive, I'm also very critical of myself.

Devon Cajuste

MyselfCompetitiveCriticalVery

I believe that as a writer and a director, you're only providing the skeleton of a character, and you're hiring actors to fill it out.

Christopher McQuarrie

CharacterBelieveYouI BelieveOut

Change will never happen when people lack the ability and courage to see themselves for who they are.

Bryant H. McGill

ChangeCouragePeopleWillNever

I believe investigative agencies should be run in an autonomous manner, and there shouldn't be any interference from the government's side.

Piyush Goyal

GovernmentBelieveRunI BelieveAny

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