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In America nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you.


Amy Tan

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TAN REDDING Asia has a great future; we here in the Philippines will benefit from this Asian prosperity.
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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