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I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom of choice, I had freedom of expression.

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Amy Tan
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: February 19
Essayist
Film Writer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Oakland
California
Amy Ruth Tan
Enough
Mind
Make
Intelligent
Choice
Expression
Choices
Freedom

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