Amy Tan Quotes
Then you must teach my daughter this same lesson. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How to laugh forever.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.
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If you were black, you experienced prejudice. It wasn't a real horrible thing for us; we went through it. We noticed it mostly in the South and in Las Vegas, where we couldn't stay in the hotels where we entertained. But that began to change.
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I wanna live 'til I die, no more, no less.
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I've always felt a bit hard done by in England – you know, I've won the Bisto three times in Ireland, but it has felt like nobody has even heard of me in my home country.
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My mom and stepdad were strict. I couldn't date; I couldn't go out. And I was a kid who was never good at just taking no for an answer. I needed to understand why. And sometimes they weren't interested in explaining.
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What a cool job to be part of - whether it's doing lighting or acting or serving food on set. You're part of telling a story that hopefully has an essential component, and that's super exciting to me.
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Identify your niche and dominate it. And when I say dominate, I just mean work harder than anyone else could possibly work at it.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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I worked hard in gymnastics since the time I was six years old until I retired at 23 years of age.
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When you have a 'solution thinking mindset' - and choose to focus 80% of your thoughts/words on solutions - you will not only be heading more speedily to long-term success, but you will immediately feel better in the moment.
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Somewhere, in some city in America, someone is wearing my clothes, and I'm happy with that.
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I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.
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I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.
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For personal use, I recommend the free and open-source Truecrypt, which comes in flavors for Windows, Mac and Linux.
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I never had those dreams of making the Olympics. Never.
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The lily and the rose in her fair face striving for precedence.
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I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they're incredibly good telly.
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The writer presents himself to the blank page not with an open passport but an open heart.
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People I looked up to a lot were, you know, Oprah because she had a rough childhood but overcame so many obstacles and broke barriers to become who she is. It was really eye opening to me: just because I had a rough childhood doesn't mean that I can't make something of myself.
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I wanted to be able to do things at my own pace, make mistakes and nobody would care.
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The less you think counterfactually, the less you experience stress. Stress, in this light, isn't a bad thing. It's simply a warning system telling you that your mind has lost touch with what's real.
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Then you must teach my daughter this same lesson. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How to laugh forever.
