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Me Quotes by Amy Tan
- The muse appears at the point in my writing when I sense a subtle shift, a nudge to move over, and everything cracks open, the…
- 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…
- I saw what I had been fighting for: it was for me, a scared child...
- And now I also see what part of me is Chinese. It is so obvious. It is my family. It is in our blood.
- Yet some of my friends tell me they understand 50 percent of what my mother says. Some say they understand 80 to 90 percent. Some…
- I think books were my salvation, they saved me from being miserable.
- That was a wonderful period in my life. I mean, I didn't become an artist, but somebody let me do something I loved. What a…
- I was six when my mother taught me the art of invisible strength..."strongest wind cannot be seen."
- You write a book and you hope somebody will go out and pay $24.95 for what you've just said. I think books were my salvation.…
- My mother would say it is literally ghost writers who come to me.
- Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation…
- I learned to forgive myself, and that enabled me to forgive my mother as a person.
- I'd like to be more forgiving. There are times when I've had a hard time forgiving people who have betrayed me.
- My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get straight A's from the time I was in kindergarten.
- I loved fairy tales when I was a kid. Grimm. The grimmer the better. I loved gruesome gothic tales and, in that respect, I liked…
- My parents told me I would become a doctor and then in my spare time I would become a concert pianist. So, both my day…
- I have loved works of fiction precisely for their illusions, for the author's sleight-of-hand in showing me the magic, what appeared in the right hand…
- But I don't have anything left inside of me to figure out where I fit in or what I want. If I want anything, it's…
- I had on a beautiful red dress, but what I saw was even more valuable. I was strong. I was pure. I had genuine thoughts…
- But I was no longer sacared. I could see what was inside me. -Lindo
- All these years I kept my true nature hidden, running along like a small shadow so nobody could catch me. -Ying Ying
- I think Kwan intended to show me the world is not a place but the vastness of the sou. And the soul is nothing more…
- Each person is made of five different elements, she told me. Too much fire and you had a bad temper. That was like my father,…
- I had always assumed we had an unspoken understanding about these things: that she didn't really mean I was a failure, and I really meant…
- And then it occurs to me. They are frightened. In me, they see their own daughters, just as ignorant, just as unmindful of all the…
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- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale