Dani Shapiro Quotes

I was raised in an orthodox Jewish home where it was expected that, as a woman, I'd marry an investment banker, raise kids in the suburbs and go to temple. I wasn't raised to set the world on fire.

Dani Shapiro

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 10, 1962

Topics

HomeFireWomanWorldGoInvestment

If you were to make a quick judgment call on my intelligence and articulation when I first moved to the U.S. based on my speaking skills, it would be very low.

Jenny Zhang

IntelligenceYouSkillsFirstQuick

I don't ever want to be that guy who gets too big to take time to sign an autograph or take a picture, because I just know, without those fans, I'm nobody. A lot of people forget that fact when they make it.

Matt Hardy

TimePeoplePictureNobodyKnowBig

The Lord gave us two ends - one to sit on and the other to think with. Success depends on which one we use the most.

Ann Landers

SuccessThinkTwoLordSitUs

I believe that transatlantic relations are very important and that President Bush's visit to Brussels, in a few days, will have a major impact on that.

Jean-Pierre Raffarin

BelieveImpactImportantWillDays

I always give the example, if you turn on the radio today, black radio, Lenny Kravitz is not black. Bob Marley wasn't black: in the beginning, only white college stations played Bob Marley.

Spike Lee

TodayBeginningCollegeBlackYou

Switzerland still has a huge share of the watch market, all advertised at the airport on illuminated hoardings. Gosh, they are ugly.

Simon Hoggart

UglyAirportSwitzerlandShareWatch

Doing well in school was a cool thing to do when I was in high school, so I had a blast.

Monica Raymund

SchoolCoolHigh SchoolDoingHigh

'The Voice' gave me a chance to show people the side of me that is an artist. People didn't know what that would look like or sound like. It allowed people to see that potential.

Judith Hill

PeopleMeChanceVoicePotential

To live is to feel oneself lost.

Jose Ortega y Gasset

LiveFeelLostOneself

I am a loyal man.

Claudio Ranieri

ManI AmLoyalAm

I think being beautiful is only one aspect of your life.

Alicia Machado

LifeBeautifulThinkBeing Beautiful

No novel is a clone of any preceding one, though with a background cast of characters and things that has grown to thousands, there are many familiar aspects.

Piers Anthony

ThingsBackgroundCastFamiliarMany

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