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You can have pride in what you do each day, but not arrogance in what you were born with.

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Amy Tan
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: February 19
Essayist
Film Writer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Oakland
California
Amy Ruth Tan
Arrogance
Pride
Born

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