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Amy Tan quotes about thinking

American Novelist February 19, 1952

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What do you think was the first sound to become a word, a meaning?... I imagined two people without words, unable to speak to each other. I imagined the need: The color of the sky that meant 'storm.' The smell of fire taht meant 'Flee.' The sound of a tiger about to pounce. Who would worry about these things? And then I realized what the first word must have been: ma, the sound of a baby smacking its lips in search of her mother's breast. For a long time, that was the only word the baby... Amy Tan
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 path. Amy Tan
Amy Tan quote: "Only you pick that crab. Nobody else take it. I already know..."
Only you pick that crab. Nobody else take it. I already know this. Everyone else want best quality. You thinking different. Amy Tan
I used to think that my mother got into arguments with people because they didn't understand her English, because she was Chinese. Amy Tan
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 don't mind that he is beneath you socially, educationally, financially, and morally--that's the worst, I think, deficient morals. (Saving Fish From Drowning) Amy Tan
You should think about your character. Know where you are changing, how you will be changed, what cannot be changed back again. Amy Tan
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, sitting side by side, lifting off, moving West to reach the East. Amy Tan
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. Books saved me from being miserable. Amy Tan
Amy Tan quote: "Why do you think you are missing something you never had?"
Why do you think you are missing something you never had? Amy Tan
Amy Tan quote: "Don't think too much. That makes you believe you have more..."
Don't think too much. That makes you believe you have more choices than you do. Then you mind becomes confused. Amy Tan
Amy Tan quote: "Writing what you wished was the most dangerous form of wishful..."
Writing what you wished was the most dangerous form of wishful thinking. Amy Tan
Because I think to myself, even today, how can the world in all its chaos come up with so many coincidences, so many similarities and exact opposites? Amy Tan
Amy Tan quote: "You must think for yourself, what you must do. If someone..."
You must think for yourself, what you must do. If someone tells you, then you are not trying.-An-mei Amy Tan

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