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I was six when my mother taught me the art of invisible strength...strongest wind cannot be seen.

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Amy Tan
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: February 19
Essayist
Film Writer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Oakland
California
Amy Ruth Tan
Strength
Wind
Taught
Seen
Mother
Art
Strongest
Cannot
Invisible
Six

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