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.
Baron d'Holbach -
I influence anybody who is able to get through the chaos of my first impression.
Gary Vaynerchuk -
If you don't love something, it's not functional, in my opinion.
Yves Behar -
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.
J. C. Chandor -
Benazir Bhutto was an inspirational leader and an inspirational woman.
Malala Yousafzai -
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.
Dana Boente
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You have to be the parent; you can't be their friend.
Patricia Richardson -
Most people know Muslims in their community but don't realize it.
G. Willow Wilson -
And for my family, comedically, that was the key to a lot of the humor.
Damon Wayans -
If you're not doing something different, you're not doing anything.
Sam Phillips -
All my songs come from me because I only seem able to write about myself and my experiences.
Laura Marling -
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.
Tara Brach
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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.
Carly Fiorina -
The first two movies I directed failed, when I was 21 and 23, and that was the greatest thing that could have happened.
M. Night Shyamalan -
To keep shooting at a folly after it is dead is unsportsmanlike.
Samuel McChord Crothers -
Eternity is here (in the stable at Bethlehem and on the cross of Calvary) in time.
Karl Barth -
Ginger: Get off it, Mo. If I can't ogle, I don't want to be part of your revolution.
Alison Bechdel -
Hail, ye small, sweet courtesies of life! for smooth do ye make the road of it.
Laurence Sterne
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From National Lampoon, you go directly to Saturday Night Live, because it's a lot of the same people.
P. J. O'Rourke -
It's fun to kick ass and show that other dark side of yourself as well.
Michelle Pfeiffer -
Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.
Carl von Clausewitz -
When I was at school, one of my teachers had two statements hanging from the board all year: 'Be observant' and 'Be empathetic.'
Marne Levine -
Kafka is one of my very favorite writers. Kafka's fictional world is already so complete that trying to follow in his steps is not just pointless, but quite risky, too. What I see myself doing, rather, is writing novels where, in my own way, I dismantle the fictional world of Kafka that itself dismantled the existing novelistic system.
Haruki Murakami -
I have always known a thing before it happens.
Amy Tan