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For woman is yin, the darkness within, where untempered passions lie. And man is yang, bright truth lighting our minds.

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Amy Tan
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: February 19
Essayist
Film Writer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Oakland
California
Amy Ruth Tan
Men
Minds
Darkness
Passion
Within
Lying
Yang
Woman
Lighting
Truth
Passions
Mind
Bright

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