"Do you know what a foreign accent is?……" — Amy Chua

"Do you know what a foreign accent is? It's a sign of bravery."

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76 Quotes by Amy Chua

Amy Chua has 76 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

A lot of parents today are terrified that something they say to their children might make them 'feel bad.' But,…
Kids raised to be pampered and spoiled don't really end up being good leaders. Leaders need to be independent minded…
Real self-esteem has to be earned. I also believe in virtuous circles, like, nothing is fun until you are good…
I do think that maybe, even subconsciously, a lot of parents in the West are wondering, have we gone too…
Don't assume your child is weak. If you, the parent, assume that they can't take anymore, what kind of signal…
I sort of feel like people are not that honest about their own parenting. Take any teenage household; tell me…
To be honest, I know that a lot of Asian parents are secretly shocked and horrified by many aspects of…
I was raised, myself, by extremely strict but also extremely loving Chinese immigrant parents. To this day, I believe that…
Genghis Khan decreed religious tolerance for all of his conquered peoples. So I think he definitely would approve of our…
A Western upbringing tends to stress questioning authority, which is always asking why, why, why.
Both of my girls have very high self-esteem because they were both able to master certain things; I should think…
Everything I do as a mother builds on a foundation of love and compassion.

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More Accent Quotes

This quote is filed under Accent Quotes, one of 402 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

I just wanted to be an ordinary, middle-class person. When I was at Cambridge, I made great efforts to lose… — Peter Ackroyd
I love accents - I wish I could find an accent for every one of my characters. It makes it… — Amy Adams
'Batman' took 10 months to film, and by the time I stopped working on it, it took a long time… — Christian Bale
The Israeli accent wasn't one that I was overly familiar with so had to learn from scratch but I was… — Eric Bana
In Delaware, the largest growth in population is Indian-Americans moving from India. You cannot go to a 7-11 or a… — Joe Biden
I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent… — Orlando Bloom
If you're in America a lot, it's easy to get into playing American. All of it, the sounds, the energies,… — Emily Blunt
I will buy any creme, cosmetic, or elixir from a woman with a European accent. — Erma Bombeck
I love New York. I'm a guy for whom a New York accent is a comforting thing. — Anthony Bourdain
I wish I could adjust my voice, but it's just what's happened to me. It's because I've lived abroad for… — Bill Bryson
God bless my father, but he always spoke in this continental, literary accent, probably because he was a professor of… — Nicolas Cage
When I'm doing an accent, you shouldn't notice it for a while, if I'm doing it right. — Michael Caine

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