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My heart is empty & my life has no value anymore. Each moment a thousand tears.
Lisa See
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Lisa See
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: February 18
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I am an eighth Chinese, and I come from a large Chinese-American family in Los Angeles.
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I love research. I'd go so far as to say I'm a research fanatic.
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I didn't know you would be here last night, but you were. We can't fight fate. Instead, we must accept that fate has given us a special opportunity.
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And often it would be a woman who was in her 70s or 80s who would win the beauty contest, because bound feet never age.
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