Amy Tan Quotes

I think I've always been somebody, since the deaths of my father and brother, who was afraid to hope. So, I was more prepared for failure and for rejection than for success.

Amy Tan

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SuccessFailureFatherHopeBrother

Nonfiction is more personal for me. It's more personal in that it's more direct, and actually it's always been more direct, even when I first started doing pieces.

Joan Didion

MeDoingPersonalMoreFirstAlways

I really think that if there's any one enemy to human creativity, especially creative writing, its self-consciousness. And if you have one eye on the mirror to see how you're doing, you're not doing it as well as you can. Don't think about publishing, don't think about editors, don't think about marketplace.

Andre Dubus III

MirrorCreativityCreativeWriting

Enterprise search is becoming an indispensable tool to businesses of all sizes, helping people to find, use and share critical business information quickly.

Jeff Raikes

BusinessPeopleSearchInformation

Sustainability is a part of our 'rise' philosophy. You cannot rise if you take more from the community than you put back.

Anand Mahindra

CommunityPhilosophyYouBackRise

Don't forget to love yourself.

Soren Kierkegaard

LoveYourselfLove YourselfForget

I'm disturbed by the words missing from the Trump campaign: Liberty, justice, freedom, and tolerance.

Ron Chernow

FreedomJusticeWordsTolerance

I'm pursuing soundtrack work in the southern California area and down the line I plan to make a moody, intense acoustic album. Not all acoustic, but an acoustic - oriented guitar record that I've already written most of the material for.

Ronnie Montrose

WorkGuitarPlanDownCalifornia

Some people called me a fascist. That's mostly over, but there will be more attacks from the unions.

Luis Fortuno

PeopleMeWillUnionsSome People

I have always believed that all things depended upon Fortune, and nothing upon ourselves.

Lord Byron

NothingAlwaysFortuneThings

Let's say there was a fat guy heckling me. I would rip him to shreds, but I would never go for the obvious, never talk about how he's fat or anything.

Judah Friedlander

MeFatGoSayTalkNever

And we're in the middle of a 'perfect storm.' These days, government social services are being bad-mouthed and defunded. The non-profit world is looking more and more like the for-profit world. The growing gap between rich and poor makes most of us very anxious about where we stand.

Arlie Russell Hochschild

StormGovernmentWorldLookingRich

Faith? Haven't any. I'm not a nihilist or a relativist. I don't believe in anything but change. I'm a Heraclitean - you can't step in the same river twice.

Philip Johnson

ChangeFaithStepRiverBelieveYou

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