Amy Chua Quotes

A lot of parents today are terrified that something they say to their children might make them 'feel bad.' But, hey, if they've done something wrong, they should feel bad. Kids with a sense of responsibility, not entitlement, who know when to experience gratitude and humility, will be better at navigating the social shoals of college.

Amy Chua

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I like computers. I like the Internet. It's a tool that can be used. But don't be misled into thinking that these technologies are anything other than aspects of a degenerate economic system.

Jerry Brown

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I like to create provocative imagery. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it goes awry.

Melina Matsoukas

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I don't feel ashamed of my wife's political background, and I don't think she should either. I feel that the people who administered the North of Ireland for the last 20 years should be ashamed. There you are.

Stephen Rea

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I also wanted to do something that I hadn't really seen in almost any black novels, which was a complex love story in which both people were extremely intelligent and talented and understood a lot of things and were still at odds getting it together.

Stanley Crouch

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I feel blessed to have had such a background, where animals, food raising, harvesting and canning were a natural part of life.

Trina Paulus

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The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.

Robert A. Heinlein

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The failure of women to have reached positions of leadership has been due in large part to social and professional discrimination. In the past, few women have tried, and even fewer have succeeded.

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

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I was advised by my assistant that the women of the Senate don't do potlucks. To which I responded, 'Of course we do.'

Lisa Murkowski

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My personal style has seen so many highs and lows. Probably more lows than highs.

Josh Hutcherson

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We're a gumbo of American music, and aren't ashamed to play pop or soul or rock because we all grew up on radio.

Jonathan Cain

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I'm 48, and I have been in love with vampires since I was six. I was born in 1962, so I've been through three or four waves of vampires. When I was growing up, we had vampire shows and movies. We were still dealing with Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff and the old Christopher Lee vampires.

Denis O'Hare

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Now I find seriousness to be rather ridiculous.

Brie Larson

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