Amy Tan Quotes
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If God be an infinite being, there cannot be, either in the present or future world, any relative proportion between man and his God. Thus, the idea of God can never enter the human mind.
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I influence anybody who is able to get through the chaos of my first impression.
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If you don't love something, it's not functional, in my opinion.
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That's what film can do in a way that TV and other long-form storytelling can't. It gives you this very immersive moment.
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Benazir Bhutto was an inspirational leader and an inspirational woman.
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The right of all of our citizens to enjoy fair and equal access to housing opportunities is guaranteed by our laws. The U.S. Department of Justice is committed to fiercely protecting those rights in order to ensure the quality of life all Americans deserve.
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In this world, you can choose to be positive, or you can choose to be negative. You can choose to see things through a set of eyes that sees good, or you can choose to see things in life that aren't so good.
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You have to be the parent; you can't be their friend.
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You need a director, a script, and a role to justify a risk.
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Most people know Muslims in their community but don't realize it.
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And for my family, comedically, that was the key to a lot of the humor.
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If you're not doing something different, you're not doing anything.
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All my songs come from me because I only seem able to write about myself and my experiences.
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There is so much division in this world. So what is really the path of healing? It can begin in this moment, by embracing the life that's here.
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I don't think we're going to see the price of oil going down in the near future, that's the reality.
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The first two movies I directed failed, when I was 21 and 23, and that was the greatest thing that could have happened.
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Finding animals that make light in the ocean is easy. Just drag a net through the water anywhere in the upper 3000 feet, and as many as 80-90% of the animals you catch can make light. The biomimetic lure that I developed imitates one of these - a common deep sea jellyfish called Atolla.
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To keep shooting at a folly after it is dead is unsportsmanlike.
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People don't choose their careers; they are engulfed by them.
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Perhaps we humans are still in command, and perhaps there really will be a conventional robot war in the not-so-distant future. If so, let's roll.
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Art is personal, originating from dreams, ideas, neuroses; art is shared, harkening back to the humans around the fire; art imbues pleasure and power by enabling people to know reality...Art is a necessity because it is a way of knowing...Is the need for truth physiological? Art exists out of time...images may be different bu there is always a repetition- a thread.
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Life is not a means to an end but a series of experiences. Are you creating your series 'on purpose' ?
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I have always known a thing before it happens.
