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

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Amy Tan
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: February 19
Essayist
Film Writer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Oakland
California
Amy Ruth Tan
True
Hidden
Nature
Catch
Years
Kept
Like
Shadow
Along
Nobody
Small
Running
Ying

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