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There are a lot of people who think that's what's needed to be successful is always being right, always being careful, always picking the right path.

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Amy Tan
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: February 19
Essayist
Film Writer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Oakland
California
Amy Ruth Tan
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It's a luxury being a writer, because all you ever think about is life.
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But later that day, the streets of Kweilin were strewn with newspapers reporting great Kuomintang victories, and on top of these papers, like fresh fish from a butcher, lay rows of people - men, women and children who had never lost hope, but had lost their lives instead.
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I won't be what I'm not. -Jing-mei
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All these years I kept my true nature hidden, running along like a small shadow so nobody could catch me. -Ying Ying
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The life we receive is not always what we choose.
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