Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Amy Tan Quotes

She said 'I'm by commission. You don't have to pay anything until you sell anything.' I said, 'Well fine. You want to be my agent and not make anything.' I thought, 'Boy, is she dumb.'

Amy Tan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Thought You Dumb Said Want Boy

I thought that by saying no and explaining my reasons my employer would abandon his social suggestions. However, to my regret, in the following few weeks, he continued to ask me out on several occasions.

Anita Hill

Me Saying Regret Thought Ask Out

It is not how much one makes but to what purpose one spends.

John Ruskin

Purpose Much How How Much Makes

Our minds work in real time, which begins at the Big Bang and will end, if there is a Big Crunch - which seems unlikely, now, from the latest data showing accelerating expansion. Consciousness would come to an end at a singularity.

Stephen Hawking

Work Time End Data Now Will

Whatever project I sign up for, I try to familiarize myself with the material as much as possible before I start.

Miguel Sapochnik

Myself Start Possible Try Project

One of my favourites is 'American Beauty.' Spacey is so good in that.

Christopher Mintz-Plasse

Good Beauty American Favourites

One of the first members of Congress I met when I was first elected in 2008 was Barney Frank.

Chellie Pingree

Congress First Met Frank Members

What is jazz? It, It's almost like asking, What is French? Jazz is a musical language. It's a musical dialect that actually embodies the spirit of America.

Branford Marsalis

Language America Jazz Spirit Asking

Yet I was Marilyn Manson - times 10.

Alice Cooper

Manson Times Marilyn Marilyn Manson

For me, honestly, it's not about individual accomplishments, individual award. It's about what I've got to do and how I can contribute to the team.

Sheryl Swoopes

Me Team Award I Can Individual Got

I think, in general, I find writing to be very therapeutic and singing in itself to be really therapeutic.

Sharon Van Etten

Writing Singing Think Find General

I remember very vividly a little plaid dress on which my father sewed all these hanging beads, little horses and stuff. It was my favourite thing ever. I had it when I was four, and I kept it until I was 12, when I gave it to the little neighbour girl. For years, I regretted giving it to her, even though I had no use for it.

Sheila Heti

Father Girl Dress Giving Remember

The stunning thing about the world as it is, is that we have a tremendously large problem in it: namely, one-third of all human deaths, 80-million every year from poverty-related causes, trivial diseases and so on, and stunningly, nobody is really paying attention to it.

Thomas Pogge

World Problem Year Attention Nobody