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If I now recognize evil in other people, is it not because I have become evil too?

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Amy Tan
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: February 19
Essayist
Film Writer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Oakland
California
Amy Ruth Tan
People
Recognize
Evil
Become

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