Amy Tan Quotes
Whenever I'm with my mother, I feel as though I have to spend the whole time avoiding land mines.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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I'm 20 years old, and I still love love. I hope I'm sweet. Just your everyday girl.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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It's enough to make a small shift within and a small action in the world. Collectively these have a huge effect.
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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.'
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French fries. I love them. Some people are chocolate and sweets people. I love French fries. That and caviar.
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A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.
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I think people are frightened of women making big decisions.
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For me the rehearsal period is the part I most enjoy. It's the creating of the story.
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I like almost everything, even country twang, disco, blue grass and accordions.
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Surround yourself with great people. People are what make businesses prosper.
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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.
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It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo.
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And there is a beautiful thing which is wonderful, to look like a woman, not a green bean.
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I didn't really know any Buddy Garritys, but I knew they were out there.
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Pilot season tends to be grueling, because you can be thrown all of these auditions at once - last-minute, always - and you're going on three a day, especially back in the day.
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A writer wants something more than money for his work: he wants permanence.
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I no longer get into stupid thought wormholes about identity and stuff. At one time, I did have some impostor syndrome about acting, but then I remembered I've been doing this since I was little, actually.
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If time is money, I'm an hour past paid.
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Whenever I'm with my mother, I feel as though I have to spend the whole time avoiding land mines.
