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Anything is possible. A man is what he makes up his mind to be.

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That there should be a purpose to suffering, that a person should be chosen for it, special — these are houses of the mind, in which whole peoples have found shelter.

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Summer set lip to earth's bosom bare; And left the flushed print in a poppy there: Like a yawn of fire from the grass it came, And the fanning wind puffed it to flapping flame.
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Gish Jen

Gish Jen

Born: August 12, 1955 (age 70)
Bio: Gish Jen, born Lillian Jen August 12, 1955, is a contemporary American writer.
Known for:
  1. Typical American (1991)
  2. Who's Irish? (1999)
  3. Mona in the Promised Land (1996)
  4. The love wife (2004)
  5. World and Town (2010)

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