Amy Chua Quotes

In Chinese culture, it wouldn't occur to kids to question or talk back to their parents. In American culture, kids in books, TV shows and movies constantly score points with their snappy back talk. Typically, it's the parents who need to be taught a life lesson - by their children.

Amy Chua

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LifeChildrenCultureParentsLesson

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

HopeChildrenParentingRootsWings

I was a woman in a man's world. I was a Democrat in a Republican administration. I was an intellectual in a world of bureaucrats. I talked differently. This may have made me a bit like an ink blot.

Jeane Kirkpatrick

PoliticsWomanManMeWorldMay

To be perfectly candid, we're better at stealing other people's secrets than anyone else in the world. But we self-limit. We steal secrets to keep our citizens free and safe.

Michael Hayden

PeopleCandidWorldFreeBetter

I was a massive fan of Amy Winehouse growing up. I decided it would be a good idea to become Amy Winehouse with the beehive and ballet shoes. Six months into that, I looked into the mirror and decided I'd better be Mia.

Mia Goth

GoodMirrorShoesGrowing UpBetter

Swavey is a musical genre that I came up with to describe artists who are too talented to stay in a box with their music.

Tory Lanez

MusicBoxUpStayArtistsWho

Getting up early is one of the gifts I give myself.

Robin S. Sharma

MyselfEarlyUpGiftsGiveGetting

Wherever you've got a state church, you have empty churches.

Rodney Stark

ChurchYouEmptyWhereverGotState

There's still not as many women in music as men, and I don't really know why. I don't have the answers. I do wish there were more women that played music.

Mary Timony

WomenMusicMenWishKnowWhy

My challenge is to win titles and trophies with Real Madrid.

Luka Modric

ChallengeWinRealTitlesTrophies

I routinely make trips to China and India where we have offices to continue to maintain the linkages that are necessary to run a successful business.

Douglas Leone

BusinessIndiaRunChinaSuccessful

I think the rules will change and I think more and more young women are going to decide that having a family and taking care of a home is not a bad choice, but how do we subsidize it - not necessarily European-style socialism. It'll have to be a new more creative, dynamic and local solution.

Christina Hoff Sommers

FamilyChangeHomeWomenCreative

We've had a tone-deaf White House that does not want to be reasonable. President Obama won't meet with the Republicans. It's all his way.

Chris Smith

HouseWhiteWantMeetWayPresident

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