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Whenever I'm with my mother, I feel as though I have to spend the whole time avoiding land mines.


Amy Tan

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JUN TAN We spend our lives trying to find, this abstract being that we can call “mine”. We lose ourselve...
MARYALLE TAN My friend Markus Zusak wrote a story from the point of view of death, 'The Book Thief.' I th...
SHAUN TAN Over and over again, like clockwork, we see the human race present a remarkable talent all throughou...
MARYALLE TAN Have you ever wondered why Cinderella's stepmother was bitter and greedy? Have you ever wondered why...
MARYALLE TAN Through the outreach that I have done, through platforms, I hope to unify Singaporeans because at th...
TONY TAN There's still a very positive yield story for Indonesia. There's been strong buying of bonds and tha...
CATHERINE TAN We have developed our own approach towards rehabilitating people, involving psychological rehabilita...
TONY TAN The stronger ties between primary care providers and the patients they serve will produce better out...
TONY TAN I think now we are simply strangers with some memories.
TAN REDDING Asia has a great future; we here in the Philippines will benefit from this Asian prosperity.
ANDREW TAN Together, they read on his papers a survey of the most common words found in suicide notes and mass ...
SIHAN TAN You discover how confounding the world is when you try to draw it. You look at a car, and you try to...
SHAUN TAN It's only a very small percentage of creative thinking that ends up connecting with a wider audi...
SHAUN TAN Why do I always listen to your insane plans? Why aren't we at home watching TV like everyone else? W...
SHAUN TAN Our definition of VIP is not as big as in Macau. But for us, they are VIPs even if they don't sp...
ANDREW TAN I always overwrite - really awful, long bits of script - and then I trim it down to the bare bones a...
SHAUN TAN