#lot

A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die. ↗

— Les Brown

#afraid #because #die #dreams #live

It didn't matter that I wore clothes from Sears; I was still different. I looked different. My name was different. I wanted to pull away from the things that marked my parents as being different. ↗

— Jhumoa Lahiri

#being #being different #clothes #different #i

A lot of my upbringing was about denying or fretting or evading. ↗

— Jhumpa Lahiri

#denying #fretting #lot #upbringing

For years, I sort of would try to write a story that somehow fit the title. And I don't think it happened for maybe another four years that I actually thought of a story, the plot of a story that corresponded to that phrase. ↗

— Jhumpa Lahiri

#another #corresponded #fit #four #happened

I can't tell you exactly how I found it. It was just a process of writing a lot of stories and reading a lot of stories that I admired and just working and working until the sentences sounded right and I was satisfied with them. ↗

— Jhumpa Lahiri

#exactly #found #how #i #just

It didn't matter that I wore clothes from Sears; I was still different. I looked different. My name was different. I wanted to pull away from the things that marked my parents as being different. ↗

— Jhumpa Lahiri

#being #being different #clothes #different #i

The crossover wasn't happening. TV actors were TV actors, and film and stage actors were a whole different thing. And now there's just a lot of crossover. ↗

— Christine Lahti

#different #different thing #film #happening #just

I've lost 12 inches in three weeks. Every time I go for the costume fitting each week, it's smaller and smaller. I'm feeling great. I'm putting in the work. I'm getting a lot of sleep. Everything is on the backburner right now. 'Dancing' is my priority. ↗

— Ricki Lake

#dancing #each #every #every time #everything

I think wine is such a big universe that it's kind of like food - it's intimidating to a lot of people, myself included. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#food #i #i think #included #intimidating

You don't want your jewelry to make you look fat. A lot of what's out there now does - you just wind up looking like a Christmas tree. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#christmas tree #does #fat #jewelry #just