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Thinking Quotes by Amy Tan
- I AM A PERSON WHO THINKS ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE SPIRIT WHEN I WRITE. I THINK ABOUT WHAT CAN'T BE KNOWN AND ONLY IMAGINED.…
- You can never be an artist if your work comes without effort. That is the problem with modernink from a bottle. You do not have…
- My mother had a look on her face that I'll never forget. It was one of complete despair and horror, for losing Bing, for being…
- I think books were my salvation, they saved me from being miserable.
- How do I create something out of nothing? And how do I create my own life? I think it is by questioning, and saying to…
- People think it's a terrible tragedy when somebody has Alzheimer's. But in my mother's case, it's different. My mother has been unhappy all her life.…
- I think I've always been somebody, since the deaths of my father and brother, who was afraid to hope. So, I was more prepared for…
- There are a lot of people who think that's what's needed to be successful is always being right, always being careful, always picking the right…
- 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.…
- God, life changes faster than you think.
- It's a luxury being a writer, because all you ever think about is life.
- I used to think that my mother got into arguments with people because they didn't understand her English, because she was Chinese.
- No one in my family was a reader of literary fiction. So, I didn't have encouragement, but I didn't have discouragement, because I don't think…
- Writing what you wished was the most dangerous form of wishful thinking.
- You don't care what people think. You don't see your beloved's faults, the slight stinginess, the bit of carelessness, the occasional streak of meanness. You…
- You must think for yourself, what you must do. If someone tells you, then you are not trying. -An-mei
- And I think now that fate is shaped half by expectation, half by inattention. But somehow, when you lose something you love, faith takes over.…
- 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…
- 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…
- Yet part of me also thinks the whole idea makes perfect sense. The three of us, leaving our differences behind, stepping on the plane together,…
- Only you pick that crab. Nobody else take it. I already know this. Everyone else want best quality. You thinking different.
- I learned to make things not matter, to put a seal on my hopes and place them on a high shelf, out of reach. And…
- Sure I loved him - too much. And he loved me, only not enough. I just want someone who thinks I'm number one in his…
- Why do you think you are missing something you never had?
- Her education only made her unhappy thinking about it - that no matter how much she changed her life, she could not change the world…
More Thinking Quotes
- I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful. — Aaliyah
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
- 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
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think. — J. J. Abrams
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I don't think I have a signature. — J. J. Abrams
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- The soul never thinks without a picture. — Aristotle
- I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I… — J. J. Abrams
- I think you have a passion and an obsession for something when it's not necessarily ubiquitous. — J. J. Abrams