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I love and am loved, fully and freely, nothing expected, more than enough received.

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Amy Tan
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: February 19
Essayist
Film Writer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Oakland
California
Amy Ruth Tan
Fully
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Loved
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Received

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I don't steer clear of genres. I simply haven't steered myself toward some of them.
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Wise guy, he not go against wind. In Chinese we say, Come from South, blow with wind -- poom! -- North will follow. Strongest wind cannot be seen.
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Dementia was like a truth serum.
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If you are greedy, what is inside you is what makes you always hungry.
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To save myself, I destroyed another, and in doing so, I destroyed myself.
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I didn't fear failure. I expected failure.
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