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?Amy Tan
Quotes to Explore
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We should cease thinking about men as the enemy of children and women.
Karen DeCrow -
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.
Manny Farber -
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.
Tao Okamoto -
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.
Zell Miller -
When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.
W. Somerset Maugham -
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.
Octavia Spencer
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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.
Barack Obama -
Children have adopted a consumerist attitude - I dare you to entertain me.
Walter Dean Myers -
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.
Isaac Asimov -
We are all Adam's children - it's just the skin that makes all the difference.
Navjot Singh Sidhu -
It is so important that you don't stay with someone just for the children and for the wrong reasons.
Sadie Frost -
Fairytales were never really meant for children; they were meant as cautionary tales for teenagers on the verge of growing up.
Kate Forsyth
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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.
Kate Winslet -
I want everybody to understand that I am an American Negro first before I am a member of any political party.
Jackie Robinson -
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.
Kate Middleton -
I didn't want to do comedy again. It is way harder when you are doing comedy. You can't just concentrate on the character and the plot. In comedy, the writers, instead of obsessing about character and plot, obsess about the jokes.
Patricia Richardson -
Events are the best opportunities to experiment with clothes, as we have to stick to a character in films.
Rakul Preet Singh -
Although I do not have a family, I have eyes, ears and imagination, and know, as most people know, that the importance of one's children is paramount.
Lara St. John
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I can't do it every day. They're not going to give me much to hit right now. They're pitching me real well. If I get there, fine.
Sammy Sosa -
And for any victim of a violent crime, when you actually get to go in and realize and see their faces and know that they can't hurt you any more, there is no feeling like that. It finally frees you from a lot of demons.
Patty Hearst -
The more you live, the better writer you are.
Meg Rosoff -
I love black truffles. I love white truffles.
Fergie The Black Eyed Peas -
I don't mind being goofy and silly. I love to make people laugh and I'm not self-conscious.
Malin Akerman -
I wanted my children to have the best combination: American circumstances and Chinese character. How could I know these things do not mix?
Amy Tan