Amy Chua Quotes

A Western upbringing tends to stress questioning authority, which is always asking why, why, why.

Amy Chua

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StressAuthorityWhyAlwaysAsking

I think we're such great parents together - I could not have picked a better partner to have kids with.

Jessie James Decker

GreatTogetherParentsThinkBetter

I don't see the necessity to be friends with anyone you've dated, but definitely out of respect of the time, you have to be kind of respectful, and that's what I try to do.

Joel Madden

RespectTimeBe KindFriendsYou

You want to represent the country and you want elected officials that are representative of the country.

Amy Klobuchar

YouCountryWantElected Officials

My youngest sister, Cindy, has Down syndrome, and I remember my mother spending hours and hours with her, teaching her to tie her shoelaces on her own, drilling multiplication tables with Cindy, practicing piano every day with her. No one expected Cindy to get a Ph.D.! But my mom wanted her to be the best she could be, within her limits.

Amy Chua

MotherBestDayMomSisterLimits

'Pelleas et Melisande' is one of the saddest and most upsetting operas ever written. If you love the opera as I do, then you love it to pieces, obsessively.

Simon Rattle

LoveYouOperaPiecesMostSaddest

When you do what you're supposed to do and don't complain much, I think the fans, media, players and front office appreciate and respect that.

Torii Hunter

RespectThinkAppreciateMediaYou

I don't always do a lot of predicting, but, when I get a really strong feeling about something, I will tell people.

Michael Johnson

PeopleStrongFeelingWillTellGet

I watch my diet and I eat right, but I am not on a strict diet.

Jose Aldo

I AmDietRightEatWatchStrict

The more you learn about the dignity of the gorilla, the more you want to avoid people.

Dian Fossey

PeopleLearnYouDignityWantMore

One nice thing about being a woman in Hollywood is that the women tend to be very close-knit. All of us writers and directors know each other and cling to each other for safety and support, and it's really a completely different vibe than the men experience out here, where they're all trying to murder each other.

Diablo Cody

WomenExperienceMenWomanSupport

I admired my father very much... at the age of sixteen. But now I see that he was a brutal and cruel man, - but not without remorse, and that was what tortured us, his alternations.

Delmore Schwartz

FatherAgeManNowSeeWithout

I've got a wonky nose. Is it classical, is it not? That's what's hard work, getting down into the nitty-gritty of who are the human beings behind the front of what they present?

Ciaran Hinds

WorkHard WorkPresentDownHard

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