Amy Chua Quotes
To be honest, I know that a lot of Asian parents are secretly shocked and horrified by many aspects of Western parenting.
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I felt unhappy and trapped. If I left baseball, where could I go, what could I do to earn enough money to help my mother and to marry Rachel? The solution to my problem was only days away in the hands of a tough, shrewd, courageous man called Branch Rickey, the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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We do high heels, and people know us for that, but the idea of wearing a flat from day to night feels special.
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If monarchy is corrupting - and it is - wait till you see what overt empire does to us.
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The rehearsal is where it all happens for an actor.
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We'll always be fascinated by people who live above the law.
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The story of civilization is, in a sense, the story of engineering - that long and arduous struggle to make the forces of nature work for man's good.
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But I used to have a bit of a gambling problem. And that would have been the answer to my prayers. It got worse when I started playing this character, too.
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This is one hell of a business I picked to be in.
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Science is not everything, but science is very beautiful.
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To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable.
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Eclecticism - every truth is so true that any truth must be false.
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I don't have time to listen to anybody's music. I'm making it, you know.
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There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.
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I'm obsessed with radio. It's a good start to Sunday morning.
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There is a saying in Baltimore that crabs may be prepared in fifty ways and that all of them are good.
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The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains.
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Do not write if there is no tremendous urge to do so. At the heart, there must be an inspiration or muse or one of those old-fashioned things. Else, why bore yourself, destroy other people's interest and kill trees?
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There really has not been a strong Republican message to either the poor or the African American community at large.
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Jurors want courtroom lawyers to have some compassion and be nice.
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I have a fascination with Flight 93. My emotions are mixed: awe, gratitude, fear, heartache, pride - even, in some ways, guilt.
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When you have a 'solution thinking mindset' - and choose to focus 80% of your thoughts/words on solutions - you will not only be heading more speedily to long-term success, but you will immediately feel better in the moment.
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Fidesz's different air and its own culture must be preserved.
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Beauty pageants, you're only judged once. Sorority rush, you have to go through 20 parties.
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To be honest, I know that a lot of Asian parents are secretly shocked and horrified by many aspects of Western parenting.
