Quote by Jhumpa Lahiri
For that story, I took as my subject a young woman whom I got to k

For that story, I took as my subject a young woman whom I got to know over the course of a couple of visits. I never saw her having any health problems – but I knew she wanted to be married. – Jhumpa Lahiri

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I dont know why, but the older I get the more interested I get in my parents marriage. And its interesting to be married yourself, too, because there is an inevitable comparison. – Jhumpa Lahiri

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Marriage
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Ive never had Internet access. Actually, I have looked at things on other peoples computers as a bystander. A few times in my life Ive opened email accounts, twice actually, but its something I dont want in my life right now. – Jhumpa Lahiri

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Computers
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My parents had an arranged marriage, as did so many other people when I was growing up. My father came and had a life in the United States one way and my mother had a different one, and I was very aware of those things. I continue to wonder about it, and I will continue to write about it. – Jhumpa Lahiri

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Marriage
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The healthy, the strong individual, is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he has an abscess on his knee or in his soul. – Rona Barrett

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This change to a higher phase of alert is a signal to governments, to ministries of health and other ministries, to the pharmaceutical industry and the business community that certain actions now should be undertaken with increased urgency and at an accelerated pace. – Margaret Chan

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When the Nobel award came my way, it also gave me an opportunity to do something immediate and practical about my old obsessions, including literacy, basic health care and gender equity, aimed specifically at India and Bangladesh. – Amartya Sen

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Health

Im one of those people who is actually inspired by a deadline. I might not sleep for many days on end, it may not be good for my health, but it definitely helps. – Carter Burwell

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Health

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There is always a way to go if you look for it. – Ernest A. Fitzgerald

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My dad used to draw these great cartoon figures. His dream was being a cartoonist, but he never achieved it, and it kind of broke my heart. I think part of my interest in art had to do with his yearning for something he could never have. – Kathryn Bigelow

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dad

Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life. – Henry Van Dyke

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Society

Marilyn Monroe was no fun to work with. She would report to work around 5:00 in the evening. Youve been in make-up since 8:30 in the morning waiting for her. – Tony Randall

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