"Unlike Western parents, reminding my child of Lord Voldemort didn't bother me."

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Source : Amy Chua (2011). “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”, p.19, Bloomsbury Publishing

Amy Chua

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“Being a musician is very easy. My house is full of musical instruments. There's a lot of music, always.”
“It's important for me to have my family close.”
“Caesar was Rome's escape from communism. I expect no Caesar; I find on our map no Rubicon. But then I expect to see communistic madness rebuked and ended.”
“The artist is a kind of a seer and by nature he is optimistic because he believes in the future.”
“The genius of the Constitution rests not in any static meaning it might have had in a world that is dead and gone, but in the adaptability of its great principles to cope with current problems and current needs.”
“Remember the refrain: We always build on the past; the past always tries to stop us. Freedom is about stopping the past, but we have lost that ideal.”
“I'm not an idiot: I know that I can sing and I know that I can act.”
“I agree that ***** laws are overdue for an overhaul. I also favor the medical use of ***** -- if it's prescribed by a physician. I cannot understand why the federal government should interfere with the doctor-patient relationship, nor why it would ignore the will of a majority of voters who have legally approved such legislation.”

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