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Most things are difficult at the beginning and they become fun, something you love, only after you've worked at them.

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Amy Chua
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 26
Economist
Lawyer
Professor
University Teacher
Writer
Champaign
Illinois
Amy L. Chua
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The truth is I'm not good at enjoying life.
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A Western upbringing tends to stress questioning authority, which is always asking why, why, why.
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When my kids wanted to give up on things, I wouldn't let them, and those are lifelong lessons.
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Never complain or make excuses. If something seems unfair, just prove yourself by working twice as hard and being twice as good.
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Tiger parenting is all about raising independent, creative, courageous kids. In America today, there's a dangerous tendency to romanticize creativity in a way that may undermine it.
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I say 'I love you' to my daughters every day.
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I'm suggesting that, ironically, the secret to becoming a world 'hyperpower' is tolerance. If you look at history, you see great powers being very tolerant in their rise to global dominance.
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The Romans thought of themselves as the chosen people, yet they built the greatest army on Earth by recruiting warriors from any background.
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We all want to do the right thing for our children. We all don't know what that is and we all - you know, you won't know until the future.
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You can't invent Google, Facebook or the iPod unless you've mastered the basics, are willing to put in long hours and can pick yourself up from the floor when life knocks you down the first 10 times.
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But just because you love something, I added to myself, doesn't mean you'll ever be great. Not if you don't work. Most people stink at the things they love.
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Unlike Western parents, reminding my child of Lord Voldemort didn't bother me.
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Be modest, be humble, be simple.Make sure you come in first so that you have something to be humble about.
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When I'm not the Tiger Mom, I'm a professor at Yale Law School, and if one thing is clear to me from years of teaching, it's that there are many ways to produce fabulous kids. I have amazing students some of them have strict parents, others have lenient parents, and many come from family situations that defy easy description.
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Genghis Khan decreed religious tolerance for all of his conquered peoples. So I think he definitely would approve of our constitutional protections of freedom of religion. I think he would also approve of the way the U.S. has been able to attract talented people from all over the world.
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