Jhumpa Lahiri I would not send a first story anywhere. I would give myself time to write a number of stories. – Jhumpa Lahiri Send Quotes Stories Quotes Story Quotes Time Quotes Write Quotes I speak English. I grew up speaking Bengali. This is the normal, the known, the obvious composition of who I am. Then there’s Italian, this strange, other component of me that I’ve just created. It was a creative process just to learn the language, never mind to start expressing myself in it. When you live in a country where your own language is considered foreign, you can feel a continuous sense of estrangement. You speak a secret, unknown language, lacking any correspondence to the environment. An absence that creates a distance within you.
Robert Smith I still frequent my parents’ house. I go there to escape, back to the bedroom that I grew up in. Just to sit there and feel small. – Robert Smith
Ren Ng For low light, all the light rays participate. We’re using all the light coming through a large aperture to make a picture with a large depth of field – totally impossible with a conventional camera. – Ren Ng
George Michael I try very hard to thank my lucky stars and keep it all in proportion and perspective, but it can be very tiring having a smiley face all day. – George Michael
CarPatti Stanger I dated a guy and he liked me but I didn’t like him. I went through his wardrobe and cleaned out his house and got him to get a new car. He said to me, ‘If I give you $10,000, will you find me my wife because I want someone like you?’ And within a year, he got married. That was the first match that led to me leaving my corporate job. – Patti Stanger
Fabricio Werdum I don’t like the trash talking too much. When my opponents say something, for sure I respond, I say something, too. I don’t start the trash talk. – Fabricio Werdum
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