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My mother didn't teach me lessons about being Chinese as strongly as she did the notion of who I was as a female.

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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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Mother
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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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If she doesn't speak, she is making a choice. If she doesn't try, she can lose her chance forever. -An-mei
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