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I wasn't a cliquey person, and I think that's because I came from a large family. I got along with everybody, and I usually got along with the people that people didn't like.

~Amy Sedaris

Topics: Along Because Came Everybody Family Got Large Large Family Like People Person Think I Think I Came

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I'm not a good storyteller. I always think I'm going to get interrupted, or something's going to get edited. I think that comes from being in a large family, so you have to get your story in really quick or someone cuts you off.

~Amy Sedaris

Topics: Always Being Cuts Edited Family Get Going Good Interrupted Large Large Family Off Quick Really Someone Something Story Storyteller Think You Your I Think

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Art was not a thing for my family and is still not a thing for my family. My family will not go to a museum unless I say we have to go there. That's why I really feel like it was something I was supposed to do because there was no directive that pushed me in that direction.

~Amy Sherald

Topics: Art Because Direction Directive Family Feel Go Like Me Museum Pushed Really Say Something Still Supposed Thing Unless Why Will

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Families can be the most detrimental things to have in your life. They are sometimes the most poisonous relationships that people have. Sometimes family is the thing that keeps you from ever achieving what you want to achieve, and yet people hold it and hold it and grab it and try to fix it and twist it and turn it.

~Amy Sherman-Palladino

Topics: Achieve Achieving Detrimental Ever Families Family Fix Grab Hold Keeps Life Most People Poisonous Relationships Sometimes Thing Things Try Turn Twist Want You Your

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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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No one can travel your own road for you; you must travel it for yourself. My faith in this stems from my childhood. I grew up in a family with a system of religious beliefs handed down to me.

~Amy Tan

Topics: Beliefs Childhood Down Faith Family Grew Handed Me Must Own Religious Religious Beliefs Road Stems System Travel Up You Your Yourself

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No one in my family was a reader of literary fiction. So, I didn't have encouragement, but I didn't have discouragement, because I don't think anybody knew what that meant.

~Amy Tan

Topics: Anybody Because Discouragement Encouragement Family Fiction Knew Literary Literary Fiction Meant Reader Think

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My older brother and I read all the time. My father read, but only things related to religion. One year, he did read a set of stories that was called something like '365 Stories' out loud to us. They followed a family for the year, a page a day. They were about kids with simple problems - like a wheel coming off their bicycle.

~Amy Tan

Topics: About Bicycle Brother Coming Day Did Family Father Followed He Kids Like Loud Off Older Older Brother Only Out Page Problems Read Related Religion Set Simple Something Stories Things Time Us Were Wheel Year

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I read a book a day when I was a kid. My family was not literary; we did not have any books in the house.

~Amy Tan

Topics: Any Book Books Day Did Family House Kid Literary Read

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My grandmother. She's someone I never met, and I would've loved to have met her. She's been a huge influence on our entire family, not just me. She is a mystery. It's not clear exactly what about her is truth and myth.

~Amy Tan

Topics: About Been Clear Entire Exactly Exactly What Family Grandmother Her Huge Huge Influence Influence Just Loved Me Met Mystery Myth Never Our She Someone Truth

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