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Ying-ying, you have tiger eyes. They gather fire in the day. At night they shine golden.

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Amy Tan
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: February 19
Essayist
Film Writer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Oakland
California
Amy Ruth Tan
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Ying
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I hid my deepest feelings so well I forgot where I placed them.
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I was six when my mother taught me the art of invisible strength. It was a strategy for winning arguments, respect for others, and eventually, thought neither of us knew it at the time, chess games... Come from the South, blow from the wind - poom! - North will follow. Strongest wind cannot be seen.
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You remember only what you want to remember. You know only what your heart allows you to know.
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Language is the tool of my trade -and I use them all - all the Englishes I grew up with
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No one in my family was a reader of literary fiction. So, I didn't have encouragement, but I didn't have discouragement, because I don't think anybody knew what that meant.
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Why do you have to use me to show off? If you want to show off, then why don't you learn to play chess. - Ch. 5
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