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I am an American, steeped in American values. But I know on an emotional level what it means to be of the Chinese culture.

~Amy Tan

Topics: Am American American Values Chinese Chinese Culture Culture Emotional Emotional Level Know Level Means Values I Am

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At the beginning of my career as a writer, I felt I knew nothing of Chinese culture. I was writing about emotional confusion with my mother related to our different beliefs. Hers was based in family history, which I didn't know anything about. I always felt hesitant in talking about Chinese culture and American culture.

~Amy Tan

Topics: About Always American American Culture Anything Based Beginning Beliefs Career Chinese Chinese Culture Confusion Culture Different Different Beliefs Emotional Family Family History Felt Hers Hesitant History Knew Know Mother Nothing Our Related Talking Which Writer Writing

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Chinese artists have been subversive over thousands of years, taking what they think of the government and embedding it in their art. There might be censorship of not going as far as they might.

~Amy Tan

Topics: Art Artists As Far As Been Censorship Chinese Far Going Government Might Over Subversive Taking Think Thousands Thousands Of Years Years

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Until the age of five, my parents spoke to me in Chinese or a combination of Chinese and English, but they didn't force me to speak Mandarin. In retrospect, this was sad, because they believed that my chance of doing well in America hinged on my fluency in English. Later, as an adult, I wanted to learn Chinese.

~Amy Tan

Topics: Adult Age America Because Believed Chance Chinese Combination Doing English Five Fluency Force Later Learn Me Parents Retrospect Sad Speak Spoke Until Wanted Well

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I grew up with Bible stories, which are like fairy tales, because my father was a minister. We heard verses and prayers every day. I liked the gorier Bible stories. I did have a book of Chinese fairy tales. All the people except the elders looked like Italians. But we were not a family that had fiction books.

~Amy Tan

Topics: Because Bible Book Books Chinese Day Did Elders Every Every Day Except Fairy Fairy Tales Family Father Fiction Grew Had Heard Italians Like Liked Looked Minister People Prayers Stories Tales Up Verses Were Which

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Luck is in every part of China. Many Chinese stores and restaurants have the word 'luck' in their names. The idea is that, just by using the word 'luck' in names of things, you can attract more of it. I think that's true in my life as well. You attract luck because you go after it.

~Amy Tan

Topics: After Attract Because China Chinese Every Go Idea Just Life Luck Many More My Life Names Part Restaurants Stores Things Think True Using Well Word You I Think

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When Chinese get together - what's buried stays buried. We don't even discuss our embarrassing early days struggling in Chicago.

~Anchee Min

Topics: Buried Chicago Chinese Days Discuss Early Early Days Embarrassing Even Get Get Together Our Stays Struggling Together

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No matter how American I become, I'm considered part of the Chinese community by my own family.

~Anchee Min

Topics: American Become Chinese Community Considered Family How Matter My Own Own Part

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It's hard to be a minority. People look at you a different way, like you don't belong, and I don't think many people realize just how difficult it is to live as a minority. Where I come from, we learn to tolerate one another. Whether one is of Chinese descent or Malay descent, what matters is we're part of the same country, the same world.

~Andrea Hirata

Topics: Another Belong Chinese Come Country Descent Different Different Way Difficult Hard How Just Learn Like Live Look Many Matters Minority Part People Realize Same Think Tolerate Way Where Whether World You

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Panda - We're not really selling Chinese food, you know. Our real purpose is about developing people.

~Andrew Cherng

Topics: About Chinese Chinese Food Developing Food Know Our People Purpose Real Really Selling You

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