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I can never remember things I didn't understand in the first place.
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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Don't think too much. That makes you believe you have more choices than you do. Then you mind becomes confused.
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