Amy Tan Quotes
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I know it is the fans that are responsible for me being here. I've always tried in each and every broadcast to serve the fans to the best of my ability.
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I think a person has to just be herself.
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I'd wanted to be famous for as long as I could remember.
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Sometimes we have to take on jobs that we don't love, and I always encourage any creative person to use those as the fuel to do the things that you do love to do, even if they don't pay.
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I created 'Rookie' because I read a lot of websites that I thought were cool and interesting, but they weren't for teens, and I wanted us to have something that could be ours.
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It is so easy to forget that this is good that we're alive. We should be enjoying this gift of being alive.
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If I manage to leave my bedroom and get to the gym, that makes me feel good about myself! For me, the most difficult part is getting out of bed, but once I'm out, I really enjoy playing sports.
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I have many weaknesses, but I have one strength. When I do something, I do it 300 percent. I'm not a middle man.
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It is my responsibility that I must make demonstrative efforts to reach out to every citizen of the country.
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I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial.
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I should learn the language of a politician - give away as little and keep the rest to yourself. Not lie, I just want to be more guarded.
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I do not know why I have always been fascinated by science or why I have been driven by the intense desire to make some original contribution. And although I have had some degree of success as a scientist, it is hard to say precisely why.
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I am not a fan of historical fiction that is sloppy in its research or is dishonest about the real history.
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I confess to loving a good murder mystery - anything by Scott Turow or John Grisham. Maybe it's a holdover from my days as a criminal prosecutor in Seattle.
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I found I loved musicals as much or more than the pure dance world. I also think I became tired of dancing for other dancers.
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We have to go along a road covered with blood. We have no other alternative. For us it is a matter of life or death, a matter of living or existing. We have to be ready to face the challenges that await us.
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It began to be borne in upon Lord Ickenham that in planning to appeal to the Duke’s better feelings he had omitted to take into his calculations the fact that he might not have any.
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I have got him fast hung up, quoth Didius to himself, upon one of the two horns of my dilemma - let him get off as he can.
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We would die before you would feel pain.
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I am fairly certain that our budget deficit was not caused by children with autism or 90-year-old grannies in nursing homes, so why take it out on them by cutting services?
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Hand in glove, the good people laugh, yes we may be hidden by rags,But we've something they'll never have
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A musician is a professional, whether he or she is successful or not. The profession itself must be regarded as a stable job.
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We who suffer from chronic Lyme can only ask for our loved ones to try to understand and be compassionate about this invisible disease.
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I was no longer scared. I could see what was inside me.
