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I think Ive always been somebody, since the deaths of my father an

I think Ive always been somebody, since the deaths of my father and brother, who was afraid to hope. So, I was more prepared for failure and for rejection than for success. – Amy Tan

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I loved fairy tales when I was a kid. Grimm. The grimmer the better. I loved gruesome gothic tales and, in that respect, I liked Bible stories, because to me they were very gothic. – Amy Tan

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respect
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Amy Tan
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I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom of choice, I had freedom of expression. – Amy Tan

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Freedom
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Failure

The biggest problem in my life is trying to be the kind of man that I want to be, the father that I want to be, and how to process the failure of my marriage. – Ethan Hawke

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If youre not a born-again Christian, youre a failure as a human being. – Jerry Falwell

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By virtually any measure, the record of the Republican Majority is an appalling failure. – Sheila Jackson Lee

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