Immigrant Parents Quotes

• My stomach sank. JP had come so close. His immigrant parents had sacrificed so much.

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  John Green

  Parent   Stomach   Immigrant Parents  

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• I think the biggest difference is that I've noticed Western parents seem much more concerned about their children's psyches, their self-esteem, whereas tough immigrant parents assume strength rather than fragility in their children and therefore behave completely differently.

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  Amy Chua

  Children   Self Esteem   Thinking  

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• I think I was always informally thinking about choice from when I was a very young child because I was born to Sikh immigrant parents, so I was constantly going back and forth between a Sikh household and an American outside world, so I was going back and forth between a very traditional Sikh home in which you had to follow the Five K's.

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  Sheena Iyengar

  Children   Home   Thinking  

  Big Think Interview, bigthink.com.

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• I both loved and hated South Pasadena. On the one hand, it was so diverse - all my closest friends were immigrants or had immigrant parents. On the other hand, it was a bit conservative - in a sort of wholesome, Midwestern, small-town sense. I never met a single writer until I moved to New York City for college.

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  Porochista Khakpour

  New York   College   Hands  

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I was raised to give back. I was born to immigrant parents and was fortunate to become successful at an early age. I've always felt a strong sense of national service to my country, and I may have been able to provide leadership in the political arena. I don't regret the decision not to enter politics, I just wonder sometimes if I could have changed anything.

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  Lee Iacocca

  Country   Strong   Regret  

  Source: www.caranddriver.com

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• I was raised, myself, by extremely strict but also extremely loving Chinese immigrant parents. To this day, I believe that their having high expectations for me, coupled with love, was the greatest gift that anyone's ever given me. And so that's why, even though my husband is not Chinese, I try to raise my own two daughters the same way.

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  Amy Chua

  Daughter   Mother   Husband  

  "A Memoir Of A 'Tiger Mother's' Quest For Perfection". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel and Michele Norris, www.npr.org. January 14, 2011.

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• First-generation children were strongly influenced by their immigrant parents' approach to choice. For them, choice was not just a way of defining and asserting their individuality, but a way to create community and harmony by deferring to the choices of people whom they trusted and respected.

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  Sheena Iyengar

  Children   Motivation   Inspiration  

  "The art of choosing". TED conference, www.ted.com. July, 2010.

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