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I think I didn't know what I was creating, as much as I knew what I didn't want to do. And I didn't want my mother's life. She was an unhappy, frustrated artist who always dreamed of a life that was never going to be hers.

Sandra Cisneros

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Sandra Cisneros
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: December 20
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You know, we should have cards like the deaf have. Can't talk, I'm writing today.
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