Amy Tan Quotes

People think it's a terrible tragedy when somebody has Alzheimer's. But in my mother's case, it's different. My mother has been unhappy all her life. For the first time in her life, she's happy.

Amy Tan

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See, I never wrote arrangements for the band for Judy Garland; I did strictly special material, special lyrics, put together all of her medleys.

Mel Torme

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The past is a stepping stone, not a millstone.

Robert Plant

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There's a reason screens are only this thick.

John Malkovich

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Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.

John Wooden

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I don't think it should be a surprise when we're talking about energy and trying to have more home-grown energy, be less reliant on foreign oil when you look at our health care that we're trying to get more affordable health care, that these are going to create major debates in this country and be somewhat polarizing.

Amy Klobuchar

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My grandfather on my dad's side was the first in our family to settle in the U.K. He came from Pakistan on his own in the '60s and worked in a cotton mill in Bolton, earning enough to bring over the rest of his family. My dad, Shah, was only about eight when he came to this country. Like most immigrants, he has a fierce work ethic.

Amir Khan

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My biggest thrill in life is to read in the afternoon until I fall asleep and take a nap.

Sissy Spacek

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Swavey is the movement. Three words... It's Unique, it's true, and it's yourself. It's a very unique thing: it's true to yourself, and it's all about you just being yourself.

Tory Lanez

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We live in a world where we have friends, neighbors, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, people we journey with for years who are gay. And we need to love, affirm and all of us together work on the real problems that we have in the world.

Rob Bell

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Rihanna's boots are too scared to look bad on Rihanna.

Mary H.K. Choi

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I believe greatness is an evolutionary process that changes and evolves era to era.

Michael Jordan

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Let us all learn to be free, and to be loyal.

Jonathan Mayhew

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