Amy Tan Quotes

I would never require anyone to read any book. That seems antithetical to why we read - which is to choose a book for our personal reasons. I always shudder when I'm told my books are on required reading lists.

Amy Tan

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BookReadingChooseWhyPersonal

I had a basketball net that my dad had put up outside. I went out there and dribbled all day long. I wanted to play basketball. Then I'd go baseball, and then I'd go to football. I remember playing football in a plowed field. I grew up going from one thing to the next wanting to play something.

Joe Gibbs

DayFootballBaseballBasketballGo

Your children need your presence more than your presents.

Jesse Jackson

BirthdayChildrenMoreNeedPresence

Many non-believers who have entered substance abuse programs have found themselves at odds with the religious overtones prevalent in the recovery industry.

Andrew Shaffer

OddsAbuseRecoveryIndustryFound

I went to art school... but I worked at the Museum of Modern Art. I worked in fundraising at the information membership desk. I ended up, over a period of time, doubling the amount of membership revenue that came in through people entering the museum, so people would ask me to come and work for them.

Jeff Koons

WorkTimeArtSchoolPeopleMe

If your work isn't exciting, doesn't stir the emotions, where's the challenge? Where's the progress if you always play it safe?

Michael Douglas

WorkChallengeProgressYouPlay

I really enjoy theater. I just went to see 'Death of a Salesman,' and it knocked me on my ass.

Jason Reitman

DeathMeEnjoySeeSalesmanKnocked

I feel like the point of being an artist is to have your own voice: to do it the way you would do it and not the way anyone else would do it. If you're a strong enough writer, then that voice is going to come out all the time, and I can't stop it from coming out, no matter what I do.

Jason Robert Brown

TimeVoiceStrongEnoughYouArtist

Art is always a search for understanding, and the different levels and frequencies of that search feel completely comfortable and natural to me.

Doug Aitken

ArtMeSearchFeelUnderstanding

I think there's something charming about incorporating summer clothes into winter, like pairing a summery skirt with a massive sweater. I'm also really into layering during the winter!

Debby Ryan

WinterThinkClothesSummerSweater

History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other.

Philip Guedalla

HistoryHistory Repeats ItselfRepeat

At some stage in most people's lives, things turn upside down, and nothing is as you expected it to be.

Susanne Bier

PeopleUpside DownYouDownNothing

I am pretty bow-legged. It's annoying.

Shaun White

I AmPrettyAnnoyingAm

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