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Motherhood has completely changed me. It's just about like the most completely humbling experience that I've ever had. I think that it puts you in your place because it really forces you to address the issues that you claim to believe in and if you can't stand up to those principles when you're raising a child, forget it. ”
My mother always said that everyone should be required to write an autobiography of their lives. ”
I don't think you're ever ready to read your life back to yourself and try to make it entertaining for others. ”
Immigrants are working hard to give our families a better life. Isn't that what the American Dream is? ”
Crazy Jane is a complex individual who always has a lot brewing. She tries to hold things together on the surface, which is something that we all try to do. She uses these different personalities to try to cope with life. ”
Neighbors broke the news that my parents had been taken away by immigration officers, and just like that, my stable family life was over. ”
Whatever the reason is, I am happiest when connecting with the human experience. It lets me know that I'm not alone in this world. ”
One of the happiest times of my life, I lived in a tent on a porch on Hawaii. ”
The best stories come from real life. ”
I learnt the theory of movement, which I still teach sometimes. I was very, very ambitious to learn a skill. ”