Amy Tan Quotes

In America nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you.

Amy Tan

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AmericaYouNobodyCircumstances

Accepting money from the federal government to conduct research places academic inquiry in the service of national interests.

Jill Lepore

ServiceMoneyGovernmentResearch

Acting may be how I've made my living, but music has always been my passion.

John Corbett

MusicPassionActingLivingAlways

In the end, does it really matter if newspapers physically disappear? Probably not: the world is always changing. But does it matter if organisations independent enough and rich enough to employ journalists to do their job disappear? Yes, that matters hugely; it affects the whole of life and society.

Andrew Marr

LifeJobWorldSocietyRichEnd

If you're playing for the Kansas City Royals about all you can do is beat your head against the wall.

John Kruk

CityYouWallHeadBeatKansas

London has a very specific kind of style; it's very different to Milan, Paris, and New York. It's nice having that personality that we haven't lost. It's the English quirky style that people like to see when they come to Fashion Week.

Matthew Williamson

StylePersonalityNew YorkPeople

Schubert, Franck, and Liszt were all Roman Catholics who questioned or doubted or lived in different ways, and religion was certainly part of all their lives.

Stephen Hough

ReligionLivedDifferentWhoRoman

I wanted to be a jazz musician.

Ron Cephas Jones

JazzMusicianWantedJazz Musician

A lot of people might sit back and watch Dominick Cruz doing his footwork, and say, 'Oh, Dominick Cruz just dancing around, and he runs away.' It's a totally different atmosphere until you get in there, and you actually experience it.

Demetrious Johnson

ExperiencePeopleDoingYouBack

I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet, so who am I to judge?

Douglas Adams

RainThinkFishJudgeNiceWho Am I

Our ways of relating to each other become like habits.

Deborah Tannen

BecomeHabitsLikeOtherOurWays

With my work, I always want to people to just forget about anything stressful going on in their lives and be fully entertained. Laughter is key. If they shed a tear or go home thinking about the play, that's a bonus.

Del Shores

WorkHomeLaughterPeopleKeyPlay

I don't believe a poet has a better hold on truth or morality than a fiction writer has. And I don't think a fiction writer has anything over a journalist. It's all about the good word, properly inserted.

Colum McCann

GoodTruthBelieveThinkBetter

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