Amy Tan Quotes

No one in my family was a reader of literary fiction. So, I didn't have encouragement, but I didn't have discouragement, because I don't think anybody knew what that meant.

Amy Tan

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FamilyThinkEncouragementFiction

As the scene of life would be more the cold emptiness of space than the warm, dense atmosphere of planets, the advantage of containing no organic material at all, so as to be independent of both these conditions, would be increasingly felt.

John Desmond Bernal

LifeSpaceColdWarmIndependent

I like the notion of making stuff up or letting your imagination go away with you.

Stevie Jackson

ImaginationYouGoUpGo AwayStuff

I appreciate art in any form. So it applies to clothes as well. On stage, I think people prefer me in Indian outfits... in fact, it goes with the kind of songs I sing as well. Indianness in the form of a sari, or a chaniya choli or jeans with something interesting, matches my style of singing.

Shreya Ghoshal

StyleArtPeopleMeSingingThink

I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint.

Michelangelo

LiveAlonePaintCannotPressures

When I came back to California in the early '60s I was hanging out with Jimmy Bowen, Phil Spector, and I wanted to be a record producer and work with other artists.

Johnny Rivers

WorkBackEarlyCaliforniaOut

I'm a real stay-at-home mom. I'm really hands-on. Everything else became secondary.

Drew Barrymore

MomRealEverythingHands-OnReally

While your past can inform you and your future can inspire you, the moment of choice exists in the here and now.

Debbie Ford

FutureMomentPastInspireYouNow

Today is the day for the complaining to end and for statesmanship to begin. Today I am taking action to cut state spending and balance the budget this year.

Chris Christie

TodayDayBalanceI AmActionEnd

Make it new is the message not just of modern art but of modern consumerism, of which modern art is largely a mirror image.

Christopher Lasch

MirrorArtNewImageModernJust

If you grew up where I grew up, you would experience a very different criminal justice system than Camden, New Jersey.

Cory Booker

JusticeExperienceYouNewSystem

I think everybody thinks they're an amazing singer, but I'm one of those guys who realizes where his limitations are, and it's definitely with singing and dancing.

Clay Matthews III

AmazingSingingThinkDancingSinger

You can have money piled to the ceiling but the size of your funeral is still going to depend on the weather.

Chuck Tanner

MoneyWeatherYouDependSizeGoing

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