Amy Tan Quotes
For woman is yin, the darkness within, where untempered passions lie. And man is yang, bright truth lighting our minds.
Quotes to Explore
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Most of Google's home technologies have failed to catch on in a major way.
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My readers at that time were still men of letters; but there had to be other people waiting to read my poems.
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I'm easily entertained.
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The problem is not getting rid of fear, but using it properly.
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The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.
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Bipolar disorder, manic depression, depression, black dog, whatever you want to call it, is inherent in our society. It's a product of stress and in my case over-work.
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The privileged classes today are bothered about petrol and diesel prices while the poor can't afford two meals a day. I am a very small person, but I want us to think beyond personal and regional interests.
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I like structure, cool, hip songs, and fun, hooky music.
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I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
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I find the business world hard.
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The F.B.I. is about nuts and bolts. It's all about witnesses and procedure and walking the streets.
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I've always wanted to do a lot of things.
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I have a couple of girlfriends who've told me some horror stories but I've never had a really terrible kiss before.
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I love to read poetry but I haven't written anything that I'm willing to show anybody.
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I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have on Texas politics and probably on national politics.
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In Mexico we have a trick - add a crystal of salt to the kettle and the tea tastes better, almost English. But after four pots, your kettle's broken.
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We all wanted to copy Vivien Leigh.
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Every government says they love small businesses, but what have they done for them? We should pull down all the barriers.
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Our parents and grandparents understood this truth deeply. They believed - as we do - that to create jobs, a modern economy requires modern investments: educating, innovating and rebuilding for our children's future. Building an economy to last, from the middle class up, not from the billionaires down.
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The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.
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I drink because she nags, she said I nag because he drinks. But if the truth be known to you, He's a lush and she's a shrew.
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My God, I have almost never believed in you, and yet I have always loved you.
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For woman is yin, the darkness within, where untempered passions lie. And man is yang, bright truth lighting our minds.
