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Illustrating is more about communicating specific ideas to a reader. Painting is more like pure science, more about the act of painting. — Shaun Tan

Drawing a good picture is like telling a really good lie - the key is in the incidental detail. — Shaun Tan

Death was not necessarily a portal to the blank bliss of absolute nothingness. It was a deep dive into the unknown. — Amy Tan

Success and failure are emotional and physiological experiences. We need to deal with them in a way that is present and calm. — Chade-Meng Tan

Animals represent the abstract notion of acceptance. Living with these funny creatures - you kind of have to accept them. It's like a test in a way. — Shaun Tan

Hell would be more relaxing than this," Zane muttered as he glared at the water. "And I could get a tan. — Abigail Roux

Run for the door if a guy has too much gel in his hair and is too tan and it's not even summer. — Ryan Hansen

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

I get very creative when I'm trapped in a plane and I can't do anything else. — Shaun Tan

A word about meat caramelizing: You want it brown, not a light tan. — Daniel Boulud

When you already believe something, how can you suddenly stop? When you are a loyal friend, how can you no longer be one? — Amy Tan

For the majority of the time, I may as well have been just a really tan white kid. You know, I may as well have just been, like, a fat kid. — Aziz Ansari

I have become a collapsing star, pulling everything around it, even the light, into an ever-expanding void. — Tan Twan Eng

You can't stay in the dark for too long. Something inside you starts to fade, and you become like a starving person, crazy-hungry for light. — Amy Tan

Singapore is an international city, and it would be a grave mistake to close our doors. — Tony Tan

Every time I see a certain room to grow, or a new opportunity to advance further, I go out and take it. — Andrew Tan

Asia has a great future; we here in the Philippines will benefit from this Asian prosperity. — Andrew Tan

Even though he lived on the beach in college, he didn't have a tan. Now that's a serious player! — Bill Fitch

Families represent the basic building blocks of our society, and primary care a foundational piece of any healthcare system. — Tony Tan

The Doppler Effect of Communication": There is always distortion between what a speaker says and what a listener wants it to mean. "The — Amy Tan

My mother didn't teach me lessons about being Chinese as strongly as she did the notion of who I was as a female. — Amy Tan

I've had people tell me to get Mystic Tan, blonde highlights, choppy haircuts, but I've made a conscious decision not to cave. — Kat Dennings

Calling MacKenzie a mean girl is an understatement. She's a cobra with hoop earrings, blond hair extensions, and a spray-on tan. — Rachel Renee Russell

I have a writer's memory which makes everything worse than maybe it actually was. — Amy Tan

I read a book a day when I was a kid. My family was not literary; we did not have any books in the house. — Amy Tan

One day we are a hero, another day we are a zero. Without me, Cardiff would have gone bust. Because of my investment, we got promoted. — Vincent Tan

What are ghosts if not the hope that love continues beyond our ordinary senses? If ghosts are a delusion, then let me be deluded. — Amy Tan

Seeing him again had been a gut punch. — Tan Redding

With hope, a mind is always free. — Amy Tan

I was punched breathless by the strongest emotions I have ever felt and they are now stored in my intuition as a writer. — Amy Tan

Who is as free as a writer? Nadie es tan libre como un escritor . . . No one is as free as a writer! — Sofia Espinoza Alvarez

Does Zeus have a perfect tan? Can he play the ukulele? I think not! — Rick Riordan

A mother is always the beginning. She is how things begin. — Amy Tan

Best line in the book:

"I played the part well, but I was as fake as a California tan on an Alaskan cheerleader. — Ali Parker

It was a distorted form of inverse logic: If hopes never come true, then hope for what you don't want. — Amy Tan

There is a small window of opportunity for freckled girls to tan. — Jeffrey Eugenides

I'm glowing in the dark with my studio tan. I've been in a cave of music for months and months and months. — Phil Anselmo

I started a second novel seven times and I had to throw them away. — Amy Tan

All these years I kept my true nature hidden, running along like a small shadow so nobody could catch me.
-Ying Ying — Amy Tan

I use fake tan myself with a self tanning spray. — Lisa Snowdon

Among writers, if you don't have a therapist, it's like saying you don't keep a journal or use the thesaurus. It's a natural accompaniment. — Amy Tan

Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone. — Amy Tan

Now they seemed to be in a contest over who could irritate her more, and she sometimes had to remind herself that teenagers had souls — Amy Tan

Sometimes I've sat outside, not to tan, but as a result of that I ended up tanning slightly. — Julian Casablancas

Because your master doesn't control you anymore. He hasn't for years. You're a free bird, Lucky. You are responsible for all your actions now. — Jim Tan

I look better with a tan, but I've never gone the fake route. I don't need to - I have good foreign genes: half Spanish, half Hungarian. — Anton Du Beke

In front of him stood the woman of his dreams, giving him one last chance to kiss her.
Reason didn't stand a chance. — Tan Redding

Surfing is not my strong point. And ... I don't really have a tan. I go to the tanning place, the one that sprays you with color. — Lori Loughlin

Sometimes the British press is maybe a little bit racist. — Vincent Tan

The way to make coaches think you're in shape in the spring is to get a tan. — Whitey Ford

Don't work. Avoid telling the truth. Be hated. Love someone. You're going to have a busy life. Thank goodness there's no life expectancy. — Adrian Tan

Get your filthy paws off my son, feet pue tan! Cherise — Sherrilyn Kenyon

There was a time in the mid-'50s when the Philippines was in the same league as Japan economically and academics-wise. — Lucio Tan

Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life with a clearer view again. — Alex Tan

Whenever I start a project, I have a broad range of possibilities. — Shaun Tan

You look at Man United and Liverpool, and they are red - they are much more successful and have a bigger fan base than Chelsea or Manchester City. — Vincent Tan

I heard two tan, tall people get out of the elevator, having a passionate argument. — Stikki Minaj

There was only one blonde in the room, and she didn't even have a tan. — Francine Pascal

A trim and tan bikini clad Aphrodite — Richard L. Ratliff

May the dog-mother rut with a dead devil! — Amy Tan

I've always been a magnet for guilt. — Amy Tan

All objects exist in a moment of time. — Amy Tan

Quit your job. Buy a ticket. Get a tan. Fall in love. Never return. — Spencer Antle

Being able to restrain my emotions isn't a great victory - it's the pitiful proof of lost love. — Amy Tan

CAN'T TAN PON IT LONG ... NAW EAT NO YAM ... NO STEAM FISH ... NOR NO GREEN BANANA
BUT DOWN IN JAMAICA WE GIVE IT TO YOU HOT LIKE A SAUNA.. — Sean Paul

Corruption is not a problem just for some countries; this is a global issue. — Nguyen Tan Dung

For what is a person without memories? A ghost, trapped between worlds, without an identity, with no future, no past. — Tan Twan Eng

Anthony Robbins quotes is, "What's talked about is a dream. What's envisioned is exciting. What's planned becomes possible. What's scheduled is real. — Shirley Tan

I work out like a maniac and I spray tan a lot. Genetics were kind, but I work very hard. — Anna Paquin

It was sad and beautiful knowledge that a person cannot be found elsewhere but in his own spirit. — Amy Tan

The French have a very deep knowledge of Islam in many areas, and we can exchange views. — Tony Tan

I believe this Emperador Distillers investment in Whyte & Mackay is good for the Philippines as a whole, not only beneficial to our business. — Andrew Tan

A moment is not the same as time. — Amy Tan

On a mountain above the clouds once lived a man who had been the gardener of the emperor of Japan. — Tan Twan Eng

I think 'The Road' is a good example of a book everyone should read, but I wouldn't recommend it to young kids. — Shaun Tan

No matter how much good you do, there will always be a few per cent of people who don't support you. — Vincent Tan

I would still like to have that luxury, to be able to just sit and draw for hours and hours and hours. In a way, that's what I do as a writer. — Amy Tan

I think we often write because we feel a loneliness, and people read for the same reason, and then they come away feeling a little less lonely. — Amy Tan

Was this part of the process of growing up, that we finally noticed the people closest to us in a different, clearer light? — Tan Twan Eng

How can you blame a person for his fears and weaknesses unless you have felt the same and done differently? — Amy Tan

I have a sneaking suspicion that leading an examined life and being really tan aren't consistent with one another. — Dov Davidoff

Without fake tan I have the skin tones of a dead jellyfish. — Jenny Eclair

And after I played them both a few times, I realized they were two halves of the same song. — Amy Tan

A raintree bent towards a window in one side of the bungalow, eavesdropping on the conversations that had taken place inside over years. — Tan Twan Eng

I learned how to dance. I got a free spray tan. My life is good! — Carson Kressley

I started life in a poor family and could not even afford a proper tertiary education. — Vincent Tan

My mother said I was a clingy kid until I was about four. I also remember that from the age of eight she and I fought almost every day. — Amy Tan

It far easier to find a reason not to love someone, than otherwise. Rejection requires only one reason. Love requires complete acceptance. — Adrian Tan

When you lose your face ... , it is like dropping your necklace down a well. The only way you can get it back is to fall in after it. — Amy Tan

The forbidden things were a great influence on my life. I was forbidden from reading A Catcher in the Rye. — Amy Tan

For her and Nurul merely to share a meal cooked in their own kitchen was a triumph; to wake up together each morning a luxury. — Jolene Tan

Most brown bread is merely white bread with a fake tan. — Joel Fuhrman

I learned to forgive myself, and that enabled me to forgive my mother as a person. — Amy Tan

A mother is always the beggining. She is how things begin. — Amy Tan

What is a secret wish?" "It is what you want but cannot ask. — Amy Tan

A journalist who doesn't bring a camera is like a warrior who doesn't carry a sword. — Lucio Tan

My writing often contains souvenirs of the day - a song I heard, a bird I saw - which I then put into the novel. — Amy Tan

He makes me wonder what damage I could do with them, how badly I could hurt someone if I hit them with a story. — Shaun Tan

To have memories, happy or sorrowful, is a blessing, for it shows we have lived our lives without reservation. — Tan Twan Eng

I like getting a tan, so if I'm lying on the beach, I want to get as much skin out as possible. — Eliza Doolittle