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Amy Chua Quotes

I was raised by extremely strict - but also extremely loving - Chinese immigrant parents, and I had the most wonderful childhood! I remember laughing constantly with my parents - my dad is a real character and very funny. I certainly did wish they allowed to me do more things!

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: educator
Nationality: american
Birth: October 26, 1962

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Funny Character Childhood Parents Me

Airbnb has proven that hospitality, generosity, and the simple act of trust between strangers can go a long way.

Trust Simple Generosity Hospitality

I was gutted to leave my boyfriend at home when I started my tour, but taking my pillow was like taking a little bit of him with me.

Home Me Him Pillow Leave Little

The Middle East Media Research Institute has spent decades detailing the diseased messages emanating from Palestinian TV and textbooks, instructing children in the glories of suicide terrorism against innocent Israelis.

Children Research Media Suicide

My father used to always give me a basketball, a skate board, and a bike every Christmas. That's all I wanted every year.

Amar'e Stoudemire

Father Bike Me Basketball Year Used

It's really cool to see glowsticks at the show, to see dance music culture infiltrating and becoming one with the metal community.

Music Community Culture Dance Cool

I took up acting upon the insistence of my filmmaker father, Kasthuri Raja. But I am glad for it: sometimes one identifies one's calling; sometimes it singles one out.

Father I Am Acting Sometimes Out Up

A lot of women have been whistle-blowers in the past, and a lot of them have just gotten torn down and treated terribly. One of the things that kept popping up was this idea that if you do whistle-blow about sexual harassment, then that is what will define the rest of your life.

Life Women Past Rest You Down

I try to keep a steady pace with my writing. I have found that super-productive days are usually followed by two and even three days when I can hardly write a word. I used to try for 1000 words a day; now I am high-fiving myself after 500.

Myself Day Words I Am Writing I Can

Democrats do best in urban centers, Republicans in outer suburbs and rural areas.

Best Rural Democrats Urban Suburbs

I lost myself in the process and I realized how much I had identified myself with Maria Shriver, newswoman. When that was gone, I had to really sit back and go, 'Well, actually, who am I today?'

Today Myself Process Back Lost Go

That's what fascinates me about these writers' retreats: You're in these small spaces with small groups of people, and all of the sudden, the spotlight is shining on you harder than it normally is.

People Me Small You Spotlight Than

We are all inundated with images that present a limited scope of what is considered beautiful. For American women, the closer she is to whiteness/paleness, cisness, thinness, and femininity, the more she is considered beautiful.

Women Beautiful Present American She

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