Amy Tan Quotes
Whenever I'm with my mother, I feel as though I have to spend the whole time avoiding land mines.Amy Tan
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
I'm 20 years old, and I still love love. I hope I'm sweet. Just your everyday girl.
Halston Sage -
Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.
Kal Penn -
So at the end of the day, our number 1 goal, our top priority, is to motivate American youngsters to reject the abuse of illegal drugs, tobacco and alcohol. All three of them are illegal behaviors.
Barry McCaffrey -
Cafe De Flore speaks of love, its joys, its pains and its dramas - to love and to lose. This story upset me, I was upside-down, in the depths of myself.
Vanessa Paradis -
The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals; but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality, and on nothing else.
Lascelles Abercrombie
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My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.
Walter Becker China Crisis -
When I'm singing I feel like I'm talking to someone. I'm in conversation when I perform - either with myself or with whomever is listening.
Laura Marling -
It's enough to make a small shift within and a small action in the world. Collectively these have a huge effect.
Yehuda Berg -
The difference between Tinted Windows and Hanson shows is a lot of just repertoire. Hanson has been a band for years - we have a lot of songs to pull from and it's a different dynamic - a common kind of thread. With Tinted Windows - it's kind of a little like 'hey, we're this new band.'
Taylor Hanson Hanson -
French fries. I love them. Some people are chocolate and sweets people. I love French fries. That and caviar.
Cameron Diaz -
A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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I think people are frightened of women making big decisions.
Sam Taylor-Wood -
For me the rehearsal period is the part I most enjoy. It's the creating of the story.
Damian Lewis -
I like almost everything, even country twang, disco, blue grass and accordions.
Pat Mastelotto Mr. Mister -
Surround yourself with great people. People are what make businesses prosper.
Wayne Huizenga -
A good film demands its own score, and if you are a musician, your conscience will never allow you to do something mediocre for a good film.
A. R. Rahman -
It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo.
Oscar Peterson
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Humans are distinguished from other species by a massive brain that enables us to imagine a future and influence it by what we do in the present. By using experience, knowledge and insight, our ancestors recognized they could anticipate dangers and opportunities and take steps to exploit advantages and avoid hazards.
David Suzuki -
I am proud to state that every national Jewish organization we support enforces non-discrimination practices around sexual orientation and that more than 70 percent have written policies in place covering gender identity and expression.
Lynn Schusterman -
Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.
Warren Buffett -
We've protected thousands of people in Libya; we have not seen a single U.S. casualty; there's no risks of additional escalation. This operation is limited in time and in scope.
Barack Obama -
Just as I cannot remember any time when I could not read and write, I cannot remember any time when I did not exercise my imagination in daydreams about women.
George Bernard Shaw -
Whenever I'm with my mother, I feel as though I have to spend the whole time avoiding land mines.
Amy Tan