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You have to be your own person. You can't let people's opinions determine how you think about yourself. There's a difference between identity and self-identity.

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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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