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It's easy to set a story anywhere if you get a good guidebook and get some basic street names, and some descriptions, but, for me, yes, I am indebted to my travels to India for several of the stories. ↗

— Jhumpa Lahiri

#anywhere #basic #descriptions #easy #get

Some Indians will come up and say that a story reminded them of something very specific to their experience. Which may or may not be the case for non-Indians. ↗

— Jhumpa Lahiri

#come #experience #indians #may #reminded

We're not afraid of risking what was our success yesterday in order to explore some new field. We're adventurous. We like the challenge of unknown territory, unknown artistic field, and that's what stimulates us. ↗

— Guy Laliberte

#afraid #artistic #challenge #explore #field

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent. ↗

— Dalai Lama

#dynamic #impression #remaining #saying #significant

Generally speaking, if a human being never shows anger, then I think something's wrong. He's not right in the brain. ↗

— Dalai Lama

#being #brain #generally #human #human being

The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good. ↗

— Dalai Lama

#important #important thing #life #men #purpose

Disagreement is something normal. ↗

— Dalai Lama

#normal #something

Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute. ↗

— Dalai Lama

#appearance #everything #interdependent #reality #something

Conversion is not my intention. Changing religion is not easy. You may develop some kind of confusion or difficulties. ↗

— Dalai Lama

#confusion #conversion #develop #difficulties #easy

Presents can make up for some of the disappointments that life doles out, such as it makes almost no sense and is coming to an end more quickly than ever. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#coming #disappointments #end #ever #life