"And I remember wondering why it was that……" — Amy Tan
"And I remember wondering why it was that eating something good could make me feel so terrible, while vomiting something terrible could make me feel so good."
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202 Quotes by Amy Tan
Amy Tan has 202 quotes on this site.
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Memory feeds imagination.
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A mother is always the beggining. She is how things begin.
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Hope is the adrenalin of the soul.
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I AM A PERSON WHO THINKS ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE SPIRIT WHEN I WRITE. I THINK ABOUT WHAT CAN'T…
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You can never be an artist if your work comes without effort. That is the problem with modernink from a…
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The muse appears at the point in my writing when I sense a subtle shift, a nudge to move over,…
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I am fascinated by language in daily life: the way it can evoke an emotion, a visual image, a complex…
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Among writers, if you don't have a therapist, it's like saying you don't keep a journal or use the thesaurus.…
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My mother had a very difficult childhood, having seen her own mother kill herself. So she didnt always know how…
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I also thought of playing improvisational jazz and I did take lessons for a while. At first I tried to…
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Even though I was young, I could see the pain of the flesh and the worth of the pain.
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For woman is yin, the darkness within, where untempered passions lie. And man is yang, bright truth lighting our minds.
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More Eating Quotes
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If one of the arguments against eating meat is to do with cruelty and animal intelligence, then lab meat avoids…
— Margaret Atwood
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It is a sign of a dull nature to occupy oneself deeply in matters that concern the body; for instance,…
— David Bailey
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Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling.
— Dave Barry
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There's a tremendous difference between alone and lonely. You could be lonely in a group of people. I like being…
— Drew Barrymore
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California is an unbelievable state. One day I might be in a spiritual place like Joshua Tree, then before I…
— Drew Barrymore
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Cereal eating is almost a marker for a healthy lifestyle. It sets you up for the day, so you don't…
— Bruce Barton
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Not eating breakfast is the worst thing you can do, that's really the take-home message for teenage girls.
— Bruce Barton
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As they say in Italy, Italians were eating with a knife and fork when the French were still eating each…
— Mario Batali
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Progressivism is the cancer in America and it is eating our Constitution, and it was designed to eat the Constitution,…
— Glenn Beck
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I find it almost comforting to count calories, because it makes me conscious of what I'm eating. But on Super…
— Kristen Bell
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If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your muscles grow, your ego has reached a point…
— Lewis Black
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Our children's health and well-being are dependent on our commitment to promoting food access and good eating habits at home,…
— Rod Blagojevich
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