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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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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Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.
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I'm trying to knock the medical profession into accepting its responsibilities, and those responsibilities include assisting their patients with death.
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Women played no part in Athenian high culture. They could not vote, attend the theatre, or walk in the stoa talking philosophy. But the male orientation of Greek culture was inseparable of its genius. Athens became great not despite but because of its misogyny.
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Life is too large to hang out a sign: 'For Men Only.'
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Where every moment is about truth and I think it's a great challenge every night. That's what really drove me to wanting to do theatre, and it's great.
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I don't like it when people shout on stage without any particular reason. It carries no weight.
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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.
