Amy Chua Quotes

You can't invent Google, Facebook or the iPod unless you've mastered the basics, are willing to put in long hours and can pick yourself up from the floor when life knocks you down the first 10 times.

Amy Chua

Recitation: by Male by Female

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LifeYourselfLongYouDownGoogle

The only thing worse than a coach or CEO who doesn't care about his people is one who pretends to care. People can spot a phony every time.

Jimmy Johnson

TimePeopleCareCoachCEOPhony

Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst of shipwrecks, there is no reason why our minds should be overwhelmed with fear and overcome with weariness.

John Calvin

FearSailShipSeeingPilotWhy

The power of our thoughts may never be measured or appreciated, but it became obvious to me as a young boy that there was value and power in being aware of my thoughts and how I expressed myself.

Robert Kiyosaki

PowerMyselfValueMeThoughtsBoy

I am interested in personal stories because that's when people become expressive, spontaneous and heartfelt.

Anna Deavere Smith

I AmPeoplePersonalBecomeBecause

I used to put all my doll babies on my bed with their hands up and I would do full shows for them. I'd even do the screaming and clapping. I was bugging to be a singer.

Missy Elliott

HandsBedSingerUpDollUsed

Racism is not new. It was not invented just for you. So get bigger than that stuff.

Chris Gardner

RacismYouNewBiggerGetStuff

I went to college in Connecticut, which was when I still lived at home. I worked at a video store, a wine store, and did odd jobs here and there like landscaping.

Christopher Abbott

HomeCollegeWineLivedHereOdd

Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.

William Makepeace Thackeray

LifeManSucceedWorldRememberYou

It is more than a book, it is an institution which rules the Christian world.

Philip Schaff

WorldBookChristianRulesMore

I'd been brought up on... American TV: 'Lou Grant,' 'Starsky & Hutch;' 'Gilligan's Island.'

Pierce Brosnan

AmericanIslandUpBeenTVGrant

I'm not afraid of aging.

Shelley Duvall

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All is amiss. Love is dying, faith's defying, heart's denying.

Richard Barnfield

LoveFaithHeartLove IsDying

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