"These are ideas that work for many, and that may well reflect your true understanding of life."

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Source : "Interview with Gish Jen: Tiger Writer". Interview With Jennifer Haupt, www.psychologytoday.com. December 1, 2013.

Gish Jen

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“Being home schooled is awesome because you can make your own schedule, so as far as time management, its up to you how much you get done and when you get it done. Its all got to get done; how you do it is up to you. You need a lot of self-discipline, but luckily, I have it.”
“(Those who) impute such actions to God, as make Him resemble the worst of beings, and so run into downright Demonism.”
“From Lehi's vision we learn that we must take hold of this safety railing-this iron rod, found alongside our individual straight and narrow path-and hold tight until we reach our ultimate goal of eternal life with our Heavenly Father. Nephi promises that those who hold fast to the iron rod"would never perish; neither could the temptations and the fiery darts of the adversary overpower them unto blindness, to lead them away to destruction"”
“I'm used to explaining to people why my jokes were funny.”

Source : Interview with John DeBellis, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 28, 2009.
“It is difficult to call myself a writer, even when I stand at a podium to receive a prize, I feel uncomfortable calling myself a writerâ€”I am merely a word criminal.”
“Forget not your past, for in the future it may help you grow”
“Hijras earn a living by egging, sex work, badhai or blessing. There are now transgenders in social work, the fashion industry, who have PhDs. I say, "Study, study, study." You need not wear a sari, and even our ancestors said you need not wear feminine attire to be part of the third gender. When I started bar dancing, nobody else was doing it. When I joined the social sector in 1999, there were no nonprofit organizations working for the rights of hijras in India. But I had to do it, I wanted my dignity.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“there on the beaches of Normandy I began to reflect on the wonders of these ordinary people whose lives were laced with the markings of greatness.”

Source : Tom Brokaw (1998). “The Greatest Generation”, Random House Large Print Publishing

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