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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 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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Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power. – Amy Tan

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Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday. – Wilma Rudolph

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