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My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get straight A's from the time I was in kindergarten. ↗

— Amy Tan

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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. For the first time in her life, she's happy. ↗

— Amy Tan

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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 hard the first time I practiced with them. I was so nervous that my vocal chords were paralyzed for about a half-hour. ↗

— Amy Tan

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I think anytime that you go to the extreme of any mode of economics, be it capitalism or communism, you have these feedback mechanisms that make the system turn in on itself. ↗

— Serj Tankian

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If we are to create tomorrow's jobs, we can't remain frozen in time in yesterday's tax system. ↗

— Bob Taft

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We will never forget the passengers of Flight 93, who courageously confronted the terrorists, defeating another planned attack on America. They are the heroes for our times. ↗

— Bob Taft

#another #attack #confronted #courageously #defeating

I do not know much about politics, but I am trying to do the best I can with this administration until the time shall come for me to turn it over to somebody else. ↗

— William Howard Taft

#administration #am #best #come #else

I have loved movies as the number one thing in my life so long that I can't ever remember a time when I didn't. ↗

— Quentin Tarantino

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I'm not comfortable with just entertaining. Although I like entertaining, I also like bringing forward the truth of our times as minstrels used to in the old days. ↗

— Serj Tankian

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The most important thing about music that I've learned after all this time is that to me, it's a way of reaching the truth. ↗

— Serj Tankian

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