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Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure

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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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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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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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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We are really on top of one another at the moment and I think it is amazing how we stay so close. Maybe thats the test. Why not totally put yourself together, rather than always wonder whether you actually like each other? – Linda McCartney

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The thing thats tricky is sometimes the best voices – just because someone hits the big notes and sounds amazing – it doesnt necessarily mean they make the greatest artists. – Kara DioGuardi

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I have those songs as well. It depends on what Im going through in my life but Im a huge fan of Bjork. Sometimes I get so emotional because shes so amazing. – Ashlee Simpson

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