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You should think about your character. Know where you are changing, how you will be changed, what cannot be changed back again.
Amy Tan
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Amy Tan
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: February 19
Essayist
Film Writer
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Oakland
California
Amy Ruth Tan
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