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Don't think too much. That makes you believe you have more choices than you do. Then you mind becomes confused.

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