At the age of three my grand aunt proclaimed her independence by categorically refusing to have her feet bound, resolutely tearing off the bandages as fast as they were applied.
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Anand Thakur
At the age of three my grand aunt proclaimed her independence by categorically refusing to have her feet bound, resolutely tearing off the bandages as fast as they were applied.
ADELINE YEN MAH
Please believe that one single positive dream is more important than a thousand negative realities.
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I am a child of destiny who will unite East and West and change the world.
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I’m afraid the chances of your getting a dowry are slim.
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But you will still look Chinese, and when people meet you, they’ll see a Chinese girl no matter how well you speak English.
ADELINE YEN MAH
You may be right in believing that if you study hard, one day you might become fluent in English.
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X-rays showed that she had cancer of the colon which had already spreed.
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You must rely on yourself. No matter what else people may steal from you, they will never be able to take away your knowledge.
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You have your whole life ahead of you. Be smart. Study hard and be independent.
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People with yuan fen are destined to like one another
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In this cosy, noisy, gregarious world of the “all-chinese” sickbed, so different from the stark, sterile solitude of the American hospital room, her life had assumed the astounding quality of a continuous farewell party.
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But you can vanquish the demons only when you yourself are convinced of your own worth.
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She was bedridden falling a fall which broke her hip.
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Revenge is not worthy of you. If you concentrate on revenge, you will keep those wounds fresh that would otherwise have healed.
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The world is changing. You must make your own life outside this home.
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To my surprise I found her cheerful and free of pain, perhaps because of the small doses of morphine she was being given.
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