"Most Korean parents saw themselves as coaches, while American parents tended to act more like cheerleaders."

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Source : Amanda Ripley (2013). “The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way”, p.107, Simon and Schuster

Amanda Ripley

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“I carry one black mascara and one brown.”
“A Christian who does not protect creation, who does not let it grow, is a Christian who does not care about the work of God; that work that was born from the love of God for us. ... And this is the first response to the first creation: protect creation, make it grow.”
“What you want to do is, you want to get away from people being afraid to show their work, which is the first thing, because they don't want to be shot down.”

Source : "IGN Interviews ILM's Dennis Muren". Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. June 30, 2005.
“I revolted from sentimentality, less because it was false than because it was cruel.”
“The difference, I think, that matters is which of the religions are dangerous. They're all crazy, but which ones have the potential to turn that into death. In that area, I think we have to worry the most about the Muslims and the Christians”
“I love research, and in fact it's liberating because you have to create your own world. No one can say "I've just got back from the 1860s, and you got it wrong." Anyway, it's fiction.”

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“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.”
“I smell of sweat. I don't like people smelling of all these weird things. I think deodorant is disgusting.”

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