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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The truth is that a campaign defines how the electorate will see their president - and this all the more true when shaping the president's image in the eyes of the largest constituency that will actually not vote for them: the international community.
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Even when we talked about child labor, we were frowned upon. But then you know that you have to speak the truth irrespective of the repercussions.
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The truth of practical intellect is understood not as conformity to an extramental being but as conformity to a right desire; the end is no longer to know what is, but to bring into existence that which is not yet.
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The artists I look up to are the ones who push their own limits.
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In a society based on nonviolence, the smallest nation will feel as tall as the tallest.
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For woman is yin, the darkness within, where untempered passions lie. And man is yang, bright truth lighting our minds.
