Famous quote by Amy Tan

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"I thought I was clever enough to write as well as these people and I didn't realize that there is something called originality and your own voice"

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This quote is written / told by Amy Tan somewhere between February 19, 1952 and today. He/she was a famous Novelist from USA. The author also have 31 other quotes.

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"Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides"

"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves"

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"Buildings should serve people, not the other way around"

"Borders? I have never seen one. But I have heard they exist in the minds of some people"

"Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody"

"Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded"

"People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest"

"A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body"

"The Oscar changed everything. Better salary, working with better people, better projects, more exposure, less privacy"

"First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people"