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How do I create something out of nothing? And how do I create my own life? I think it is by questioning, and saying to myself that there are no absolute truths.

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Amy Tan
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: February 19
Essayist
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Oakland
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Amy Ruth Tan
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