"If you take the same child and put them in two different places, it will dramatically shape the way in which their economic outcomes are realized later in life."

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External success has to do with people who may see me as a model, or an example, or a representative. As much as I may dislike or want to reject that responsibility, this is something that comes with public success. It's important to give others a sense of hope that it is possible and you can come from really different places in the world and find your own place in the world that's unique for yourself.

— Amy Tan