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Seeing something once is better than hearing about it a hundred times. Doing something once is better than seeing it a hundred times.
Lisa See
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Lisa See
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: February 18
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Let those who believe, believe. Let those who doubt, doubt.
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People write to me all the time, and I write back.
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My heart is empty & my life has no value anymore. Each moment a thousand tears.
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Snow Flower was my old same for life. I had a greater and deeper love for her than I could ever feel for a person who was my husband.
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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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