Amy Chua Quotes

What the Chinese parent is conveying to the child is not that 'you've got to get A's or else I won't like you.' On the contrary, it's, 'I believe in you so much, I know that you can be excellent.'

Amy Chua

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ChildBelieveParentYouKnowGet

If people want to find things, they find them themselves.

Jimmy Page

PeopleFindWantThingsThemselves

That's why 60,000 people go ape when the Stones play 'Satisfaction.' The songs are part of their legacy, and you fall back in love with them over the years.

Joe Elliott

LovePeopleLegacyYouFallPlay

'Preacher' - what it's saying is not just blasphemy and good, fun violence. It's asking, 'Where is God?' If he is there, what's he doing?

Joe Gilgun

GoodGodFunSayingDoingViolence

A disk unbeknownst to the director can go to the producer in another city or in another office and that producer can edit behind the director's back much easier than in the old days. Since these dailies are now put on videotape, more kinds of people have access to dailies.

John Frankenheimer

PeopleCityBackGoNowOffice

Hubble has really opened our eyes to what the universe is made of, its structure, and has helped us learn how little we know about the universe.

John M. Grunsfeld

EyesUniverseLearnKnowStructure

Not all my shoes are designer. In terms of clothes, everything is on the same level for me. If I like it, it doesn't matter if it cost £200 or £2. I'm attracted to things rather than labels.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

ShoesMeClothesMatterEverything

Everyone needs a reset button so you can start your day without anxiety. For some people, it's running; for some, it's going to the gym. For me, it's meditation.

Matt Bomer

DayPeopleMeStartAnxietyYou

Texas is still resistant to Howard Johnsons, interstate highways and some forms of phoniness. It is the place least likely to become a replica of everyplace else. It's authentically awful, comic, and weirdly charming, all at the same time.

Molly Ivins

TimeTexasPlaceBecomeCharming

I see 'Grace' as an affectionate refusal of things that just aren't true. With all our power and money and influence, we still can't raise up high over people's consciousness.

Lizz Wright

PowerMoneyPeopleGraceInfluence

The fact is that, except for those very few whose wealth is overwhelmingly or entirely inherited, the more affluent have usually worked harder than the less affluent.

Dennis Prager

WealthMoreWhoseFactHarderThan

'Liv and Maddie' is very near and dear to my heart. I'm very proud of it.

Dove Cameron

HeartProudDearVeryNear

That we have altered the dog genetically is well understood; it is hardly known how they changed us.

Donald McCaig

DogGeneticallyUsWellUnderstood

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