Amy Chua Quotes
I do not think there was anything abusive in my house. Yet, I stand by a lot of my critiques of Western parenting. I think there's a lot of questions about how you instill true self-esteem.

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The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.
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Star Wars was magnificent, but you could tell Darth Vader's ships were glued together.
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I have been to Canada several times. It was autumn when I visited Vancouver, and I will always remember the colour of the trees in British Columbia were stunning.
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There are no benefactors in Canada because there is no incentive.
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Nothing graces the Christian soul so much as mercy; mercy as shown chiefly towards the poor, that thou mayest treat them as sharers in common with thee in the produce of nature, which brings forth the fruits of the earth for use to all.
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I think of myself as a journeyman actor. I've got some talent and I work hard, but people like Brando or Pacino - those people are touched by God.
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It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in England. They headed a company of travelling players performing Shakespeare up and down the land.
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There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
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I'm trying to live every moment as much as I can.
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I've been noticing gravity since I was very young.
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There's something extremely bizarre about the way people consume media now.
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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I'm a dilettante. My governing word is 'curiosity.'
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Some of my books sort of have a provocative take. Sometimes you find interesting things about characters that show they weren't necessarily the way people usually see them. It can make for lively conversations, but that's great. Spark a little controversy, get people to think about it. That's what it's all about.
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
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I'd love to open a camp focusing on the arts accessible to kids from all income brackets.
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I do not know You, God, because I am in the way. Please help me to push myself aside.
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Ours is an excessively conscious age. We know so much, we feel so little.
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It is never very crowded at the front.
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Yes, free markets tend to produce unequal incomes. We should not be ashamed of that. On the contrary, our system is the envy of the world and should be a source of pride.
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I don't know whether anyone will care to examine my heart, but if they do, they will find two words there- 'social justice.' For that is what I have believed in and fought for.
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I was in the White House for a year and a half. Up to that point, all my jobs had been very unglamorous.
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It is amazing the information we give away. We make it easier and easier for criminals.
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I do not think there was anything abusive in my house. Yet, I stand by a lot of my critiques of Western parenting. I think there's a lot of questions about how you instill true self-esteem.