Amy Chua Quotes
I think if you're a 'tiger parent' early on, you don't need to be a 'helicopter parent' in high school.
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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I'm not comparing myself at all to him, but I like the idea that Ernest Hemingway always wrote about certain things he knew, he knew the ins and outs, back to fronts of what he was talking about. I love that as an inspiration for myself, to keep it true to what you know.
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Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, he took his power to make a difference. It's so much going on in music right now and somebody has to make a difference.
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President Reagan, of course, did more than any other person to entrench the Republican reputation for toughness on national security.
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We always see abhorrent behavior and say why, but then we get mad when somebody tries to answer.
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I understand that the nature of politics sometimes involves fending off frivolous, anonymous allegations.
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I'm extremely determined and ambitious.
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I have such a profound respect for what they do day in and day out. This USO tour is especially meaningful because of the friends I have met and I am honored to be apart of it.
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I did not know I was a Midwesterner until I got there. I just fell in love with the people.
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The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.
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It is important that the audience should understand every syllable of every word, for only then can they grasp the meaning of the song.
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We must stop the trend of closing schools and building prisons.
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We're fortunate enough to live on a planet that's bathed in thousands of times more energy than we use and that's stocked with thousands of times more water, raw materials, and even food-growing potential than we need.
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I hate to lose. It's a bad feeling, but, I mean, it kind of gets you resettled, gets you back right.
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I'm not a sun person.
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I feel like a member of any group comprised of outsiders.
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College ain't so much where you been as how you talk when you get back.
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When an actress is younger, she likes to lower her age, but when she is older, she likes to add to her years.
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I'm very much afraid of being mad - that's my one fear.
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I was always interested in acting, but in my high school sports was the cool thing to be part of, and I was still very into being cool. So I played a lot of basketball and football. But I always had that want to be in theater and to be a part of theater arts. But in my school, it was just a really nerdy thing to be a part of. Everyone in my school wore bowler hats - they were always on, always acting, and all so big. I was like, "I can't be that", even though I wanted to be.
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Well, yeah, but I probably wasn't as open about my desperation.
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That kind of creaming off the pretty postcard image of the past, I think, is a road to nowhere.
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I think if you're a 'tiger parent' early on, you don't need to be a 'helicopter parent' in high school.
