"A bicultural upbringing is a rich but imperfect thing"

-- Jhumpa Lahiri

#Imperfect Quotes #Rich Quotes #Upbringing Quotes

“I wish I'd gotten sober at a younger age.”
“It's like one of those dreams you have when someone is chasing you. You're running as fast as you can, and someone's trotting behind you, just out of range, trying to grab onto you.”
“It's important to run not on the fast track, but on your track. Pretend that you have only six months to live, and make three lists: the things you have to do, want to do, and neither have to do nor want to do. Then, for the rest of your life, forget everything on the third list.”
“Greed is good! Greed is right! Greed works! Greed will save the U.S.A.!”
“...Catholicism is like Howard Johnson, and what they have are these franchises and they give all these people different franchises in the different countries but they have one government, and when you buy the Howard Johnson franchise you can apply it to the geography - whatever's cool for that area - and then you, you know, pay the bread to the main office.”
“In the Arctic, things are already getting freaky. Temperatures have warmed three times faster than the global average.”
“The spirit of God speaking to the spirit of man has power to impart truth with greater effect and understanding than the truth can be imparted by personal contact even with heavenly beings. Through the Holy Ghost, the truth is woven into the very fibre and sinews of the body so that it cannot be forgotten.”
“When I'm writing something, I try not to get analytical about it as I'm doing it, as I'm writing it.”

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