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Amy Tan Quotes

There is this myth, that America is a melting pot, but what happens in assimilation is that we end up deliberately choosing the American things - hot dogs and apple pie - and ignoring the Chinese offerings.

Amy Tan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: February 19, 1952

Topics

End American America Apple Pie Hot

In Britain, girls seem to be either bright or attractive. In America, that's not the case. They're both.

John Cleese

America Bright Attractive Seem Both

Every so often, it's time to make a change with a showrunner; you evaluate the creative and how the show is run, how the writing staff works.

Robert Greenblatt

Change Time Creative Writing You

Every time I write a song I feel really lucky and kind of surprised. Not surprised that I wrote it, but just surprised that things exist that you don't know about.

Amos Lee

Time Song Feel You Know Kind

I don't follow English soccer because it's become a game for hooligans.

Robin Leach

Game Soccer Become Follow English

A sovereignty is always presumed to act upon principles of justice, and if, from mistake or oversight, it does injury to a nation or an individual, it is always supposed to be ready and willing to repair it.

Roger B. Taney

Justice Mistake Ready Repair Nation

What I love about London is the energy and the creativity. Culturally, it is such a happening city, from the cuisine to the fashion.

Monika Chiang

Love Creativity City Fashion Energy

The first time Kyuss was about to get signed, they're like, 'We'd like to sign you!' and we just said, 'No! Forget it!' because we thought people were always trying to invade everything.

Josh Homme

Time People Thought Trying You Said

My mother is very, very smart and commands respect because she has a lot of respect for herself.

Jared Leto

Mother Respect Smart She Herself

I count religion but a childish toy, and hold there is no sin but ignorance.

Christopher Marlowe

Ignorance Religion Sin Childish Hold

I am a huge romantic at heart.

Armaan Malik

Heart Romantic I Am Am Huge

It's so important to never limit yourself, to find yourself in a box.

Ashanti

Yourself Find Important Never Limit

I wonder if games are maybe a terminus for ideas. Things can be books or movies or operas or plays, but once they're a game, that's where they should end. Things shouldn't start as games and be taken to movies.

Rich Sommer

Ideas Start Game End Wonder Movies