Amy Chua Quotes

I see my upbringing as a great success story. By disciplining me, my parents inculcated self-discipline. And by restricting my choices as a child, they gave me so many choices in my life as an adult. Because of what they did then, I get to do the work I love now.

Amy Chua

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There are over 500,000 registered sex offenders across the country, and statistics have shown that the recidivism rate for those criminals is high.

Jim Sensenbrenner

SexStatisticsCountryOverHigh

I think our model is sustainable. If all schools operated like Liberty and charged what we charge, there wouldn't be a student loan problem in America.

Jerry Falwell, Jr.

ThinkAmericaProblemStudentLoan

Stay the course.

John Gresham Machen

StayCourse

I'm not good at raising money. I don't like to raise money. It's been my experience that when I ask someone for money, it's not long before they return the favor.

John Grisham

GoodMoneyExperienceSomeoneLong

That's what I paint, I paint people. They're portraits, but you won't always be pleased with the way you look in my paintings. Which is fine, I guess. Unless you're buying it, and it's of your kid!

Jemima Kirke

PeopleYouLookWayKidPaint

I'm going to call WWE like I call everything. Yes, I'm going to be passionate. Yes, I'm going to be excited, but at the same time, I'm hoping to get better as a storyteller, and I'm hoping to complement the people I work with who have been doing this a lot longer than I have.

Mauro Ranallo

WorkTimePeopleBetterDoingSame

The most important thing parents can do, although it's not the only thing they should do, is model the behavior they want from their kids.

Angela Duckworth

ParentsBehaviorImportantWantKids

I did have some secret abortions myself, which I repented from when I was born again in 1983. I drank the abortion Kool-Aid temporarily because I thought it was the answer.

Alveda King

MyselfThoughtAbortionBornSecret

There was never an 'a-ha' moment when a spider bit me and I knew I could write songs. For that reason, I don't know if I'm always going to be able to. I want to write songs forever, but it's an elusive thing.

Lucy Dacus

MomentMeKnowWantNeverSpider

Loneliness is about the scariest thing out there.

Joss Whedon

LonelinessOutAboutThingScariest

Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many different ailments, but I have never heard of one who suffered from insomnia.

Joseph Wood Krutch

GoodCatsPetNeverInsomniaRather

My childhood friends and I would have been featured in 'The Achievers: The Story of the Big Lebowski Fans,' but I never signed the release form we received from the producers. I am both proud and ashamed of this fact.

Josh Gondelman

ChildhoodI AmProudStoryFriends

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