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I sort of feel like people are not that honest about their own parenting. Take any teenage household; tell me there is not yelling and… — Amy Chua
I was raised, myself, by extremely strict but also extremely loving Chinese immigrant parents. To this day, I believe that their having high expectations for… — Amy Chua
Happiness is not always through success. Equally, the constant pursuit of success is sure unhappiness. But we have to find the balance. My own thoughts… — Amy Chua
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… — Amy Chua
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for… — Winston Churchill
Cooking for people is an enormously significant expression of generosity and soulfulness, and entertaining is a way to be both generous and creative. You're sharing… — Ted Allen
I get strength from my art - all the paintings I own are powerful. — Madonna Ciccone
I guess some people are brilliant enough to be brilliant on their own and never doubt anything and come up with fabulous things. But I… — Madonna Ciccone
It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Men are pigs. Too bad we own everything. — Tim Allen
Anytime you turn on your own concept of God, you are no longer a free man. No one needs to put chains on your body,… — John Henrik Clarke
I want to make it clear that the black race did not come to the United States culturally empty-handed. The role and importance of ethnic… — John Henrik Clarke
Anytime someone says your God is ugly and you release your God and join their God, there is no hope for your freedom until you… — John Henrik Clarke
I understood that my family was rich in love but would probably never own the land my father, John, dreamed of owning. My mother, Willie… — John Henrik Clarke
My daddy wanted me to be a farmer; feel the smoothness of Alabama clay and become one of the first blacks in my town to… — John Henrik Clarke
I do cardio. I run. I strength-train using my own body weight. I don't like free weights, because I build muscle easily. — Kelly Clarkson
I live on a ranch in Texas and do my own thing. And I don't care what anyone has to say about it. My joke… — Kelly Clarkson
I'm such a good lover because I practice a lot on my own. — Woody Allen
I think you can write very good comedy without a partner, but what I love about it, working with a partner, is that you get… — John Cleese
For far too long the world's poorest people have seen no benefit from the vast natural resources in their own backyards. It is time to… — Nick Clegg
Any government, of whatever composition, needs to mobilise opinion way beyond its own ranks in order to do the difficult things that it does. — Nick Clegg
If the euro zone doesn't come up with a comprehensive vision of its own future, you'll have a whole range of nationalist, xenophobic and extreme… — Nick Clegg
Being involved in the well-being and advancement of one's own community is a most natural thing to do. — Clarence Clemons

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