Amy Chua Quotes
I was raised by extremely strict - but also extremely loving - Chinese immigrant parents, and I had the most wonderful childhood! I remember laughing constantly with my parents - my dad is a real character and very funny. I certainly did wish they allowed to me do more things!

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Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.
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Of course we wish that more people involved in the leak of my true CIA identity had been prosecuted, but the system worked.
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Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
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Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.
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My coaches were great. My mom and dad. My dad never missed a wrestling meet.
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When we were subjected to a vicious character assassination campaign orchestrated by senior White House officials and championed by their allies in the right-wing echo chamber, Hillary reached out to us. Her counsel during that tumultuous period was as timely as it was wise.
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Out of all the clubs who were interested, I got the feeling that, deep down, Chelsea showed that they really wanted me. There were lots of reasons I came to Chelsea. They showed a real desire to get me to come here. I didn't have to think about it too much.
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My dad got me hooked on the news. That was a good thing.
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My parents were very artistic, but busy.
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No one is good but God alone. What is good is therefore divine, what is divine is therefore good.
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A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
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My parents were very loving, but disciplinarians.
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My parents were really strict about me not watching cartoons.
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I think what the Nobel committee is doing is going beyond war and looking at what humanity can do to prevent war. Sustainable management of our natural resources will promote peace.
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For the 'Riddick' character, I try to get as ruthless as possible, and I want to be a machine.
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To me the interesting main character is never the one without flaws.
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I think we all remember Emma Peel from 'The Avengers,' the feminist icon that she was in the late '60s.
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An investor in Duke Energy is expecting a dividend payment. That's roughly 70 to 75 percent of the earnings I produce. The business that goes with that level of dividend is a business that has more predictability, more stability.
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I went to Northwestern. I bleed purple and white.
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The reader is going to imprint on the characters he sees first. He is going to expect to see these people often, to have them figure largely into the story, possibly to care about them. Usually, this will be the protagonist.
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I'm very lucky, I'm happy with life because my experiences led me to do what I had to do. I don't have any regrets whatsoever.
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Better still - your history has shown how powerful a moral catharsis expressed through popular resistance to injustice can sometimes be; I have in mind the grassroots opposition to the Vietnam War.
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I was raised by extremely strict - but also extremely loving - Chinese immigrant parents, and I had the most wonderful childhood! I remember laughing constantly with my parents - my dad is a real character and very funny. I certainly did wish they allowed to me do more things!