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Were Quotes by Amy Tan
- I also thought of playing improvisational jazz and I did take lessons for a while. At first I tried to write fiction by making up…
- We are the kind of people who obsess over one word... but we have only one shot to get it right in concert. It was…
- 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.…
- 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…
- The forbidden things were a great influence on my life. I was forbidden from reading A Catcher in the Rye.
- 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…
More Were Quotes
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
- Growing up, my ideals were Barbra Streisand, Cher, and my mom. — Kevyn Aucoin
- When I was growing up, the men in my life were abusive; women were the ones I ran to for comfort. — Kevyn Aucoin
- When we were making the law, when we were writing the literature and the mathematics the grandfarthers of Blair and little Bush… — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
- Making movies was more a reaction to not being chosen for sports. Other kids were out there playing at whatever; I was… — J. J. Abrams
- Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have… — Karen Armstrong
- For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Middle East. — Karen Armstrong
- In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted… — Karen Armstrong
- I was elated, ecstatic and extremely surprised that we were successful. — Neil Armstrong
- I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium. — Neil Armstrong
- If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the… — Arthur Ashe