Amy Tan Quotes
I wanted my children to have the best combination: American circumstances and Chinese character. How could I know these things do not mix?
Quotes to Explore
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We should cease thinking about men as the enemy of children and women.
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Frank Capra, Hollywood's Horatio Alger, lights with more cinematic know-how and zeal than any other director to convince movie audiences that American life is exactly like the 'Saturday Evening Post' covers of Norman Rockwell. 'It's A Wonderful Life,' the latest example of Capracorn, shows his art at a hysterical pitch.
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I can write pretty much anywhere if you give me time and some quiet. The home is not usually the best place because I have four children. It's usually pandemonium around here!
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Modern American cinema seems to me superficial. The intention is to understand a certain reality, and the result is nothing but a photographing of that reality.
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My character in 'Batman v Superman' isn't supposed to be Japanese, but director Zack Snyder said he'd seen me in 'Wolverine' and had to get me in the film somehow. Hearing that was like music to my ears.
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Motivated more by partisan politics than by national security, today's Democratic leaders see America as an occupier, not a liberator. And nothing makes this Marine madder than someone calling American troops occupiers rather than liberators.
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When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.
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Do I feel that white directors have to tell only white stories? No. Do I feel that black filmmakers should only tell stories about black people? No. If we say that, then that means Asian people cannot write about anybody but Asians. I don't think a woman should only write about women.
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I think that there's no doubt that as I see friends, families, children of gay couples who are thriving, you know, that has an impact on how I think about these issues.
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I think I would have been so much in awe of the movie set, the people and what everybody's job was, that I don't know if I would be able to concentrate on the character.
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Children have adopted a consumerist attitude - I dare you to entertain me.
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When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself.
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We are all Adam's children - it's just the skin that makes all the difference.
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It is so important that you don't stay with someone just for the children and for the wrong reasons.
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Fairytales were never really meant for children; they were meant as cautionary tales for teenagers on the verge of growing up.
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My kids don't go back and forth; none of this 50/50 time with the mums and dads. My children live with me; that is it.
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I want everybody to understand that I am an American Negro first before I am a member of any political party.
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Throughout my work with family and child support organizations, one thing that has stood out to me time and again is that getting early support for a child who is struggling to cope is the best possible thing we can do to help our children as they grow up.
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I'm now so keenly aware that I have everything to prove and nothing to lose.
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Music, first of all, is completely about abstraction, which is exactly what architecture is not. In a way, it has been incredibly constructive to know what true abstraction is. So you don't fall into the trap of thinking that what you do is abstract.
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I'm like that person who hates going to magic shows - and I love magic, I love wizards - but going to a show where there is any possibility of audience participation is a nightmare for me.
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No matter what type of equipment you have, you still have to have a certain talent to be able to make a good record.
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My best male friend is my best friend until he crosses me. We're all protective of the self.
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I wanted my children to have the best combination: American circumstances and Chinese character. How could I know these things do not mix?
