Amy Tan Quotes

My writing often contains souvenirs of the day - a song I heard, a bird I saw - which I then put into the novel.

Amy Tan

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BirdDayWritingSongSawNovel

I went through a period in my life where I didn't have money to buy ramen noodles and peanut butter and jelly, but I also needed to go to the guitar store and buy strings and picks and polish and rags. I couldn't live with myself if I didn't play guitar.

Joe Bonamassa

LifeLiveMyselfMoneyGuitarPlay

The frustrating part of being a movie actor is waiting in your trailer to do two takes of a scene you've prepared for two months.

Jesse Eisenberg

WaitingYouActorTwoBeingYour

Arsenal are an historic club, magnificent, known the world over, one of the best in Europe with big stars in the team. It's difficult to describe, but it's another dimension.

Matteo Guendouzi

StarsBestTeamWorldDifficultBig

That sacred space of conscience where you can exercise your rights in terms of religious freedom and deeply-held, reasonable beliefs is the core of human dignity. In fact, that's the basis for civilization itself. And when you lose that fundamental principle... you have no basis on which to build.

Jeff Fortenberry

FreedomSpaceExerciseYouLose

They say it's not the snoring itself but those anxiety-packed moments in between snorts. It's the waiting for the nasal passages of the person lying beside you to strike again. And strike it always does. In the dark, almost against your will, you produce that special glare reserved for people who cannot control their own behaviour.

Sloane Crosley

WaitingPeopleControlMomentsYou

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.

Rudyard Kipling

BestBelieveTroubleAlwaysMuch

Since I had my gastric bypass surgery in 1998, I eat like a bird. Unfortunately, that bird is a California condor.

Roseanne Barr

BirdCaliforniaEatSurgeryLike

I remember skiing being a family recreational thing.

Mikaela Shiffrin

FamilySkiingRememberBeingThing

Sooner or later, the time comes when a man has to think on the health. I had a really long and great career, and I believe I left a deep mark in the martial arts. I have no regrets.

Mirko Cro Cop

HealthGreatTimeManBelieveThink

I'm still friends with all my exes, apart from my husbands.

Cher

FriendsStillApartHusbands

I love when people have their own creative vision, when a person stands out and tries different things.

Ciara

LoveVisionCreativePeoplePerson

I've been so in the zone, you don't know where you are or where you're at.

Brooks Koepka

YouKnowWhereBeenZone

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