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

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Amy Tan
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: February 19
Essayist
Film Writer
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Oakland
California
Amy Ruth Tan
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But I will win and give her my spirit, because this is the way a mother loves her daughter. -Ying Ying
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What is a secret wish? It is what you want but cannot ask.
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But I was no longer sacared. I could see what was inside me. -Lindo
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I won't be what I'm not. -Jing-mei
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If she doesn't speak, she is making a choice. If she doesn't try, she can lose her chance forever. -An-mei
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We all had our miseries. But to despair was to wish back for something already lost. Or to prolong what was already unbearable. -Suyuan
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Chance is the first step you take, luck is what comes afterward.
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