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That was how dishonesty and betrayal started, not in big lies but in small secrets.

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Amy Tan
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: February 19
Essayist
Film Writer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Oakland
California
Amy Ruth Tan
Started
Small
Secret
Lying
Bigs
Dishonesty
Betrayal
Secrets
Lies

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