Amy Chua Quotes

Some parents let their kids sleep at other people's houses, where they drink alcohol, watch TV for hours and God knows what else. But if you say you have to get all A's and practice the violin for two hours, then they consider that abusive. That upsets me.

Amy Chua

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The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty was before, the result of natural scarcity, but of a set of priorities imposed upon the rest of the world by the rich.

John Berger

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I'm typically not a heels person.

Jenny Lewis

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Lots of children have had dark experiences, and if they're not having direct dark experiences, they are thinking about things and learning that life is fragile. You have to acknowledge that side of life to be able to then offer comfort and hope and goodwill.

Matt Haig

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What my research told me is that a psychopath cannot change. You're born like that.

Jeff Lindsay

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I'm pretty earthy; I nursed forever because I liked it and my kids liked it, but at the same time I'm very laissez-faire about stuff like bedtimes and food.

Ana Gasteyer

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People with a growth mindset believe that they can improve with effort. They outperform those with a fixed mindset, even when they have a lower IQ, because they embrace challenges, treating them as opportunities to learn something new.

Travis Bradberry

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Times of my life, brief periods without music, have completely felt dangerously over the edge.

Tom Jenkinson

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The way Obama voters and non-Obama voters deal with unemployment are a very different.

Rush Limbaugh

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Melancholy is as seductive as Ecstasy.

Mason Cooley

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When I write songs, it's very random. I get influenced by the most random things! Sometimes it just comes to me in my sleep or just hanging out in a restaurant or something. Music just comes to me, and I'll start writing from there.

Roshon Fegan

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New York City has become a place where it's not easy for the working class to even live.

Michael Moore

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Oh, well, my first love is comedy or singing and dancing.

Dick Van Dyke

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