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And after I played them both a few times, I realized they were two halves of the same song.

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Amy Tan
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: February 19
Essayist
Film Writer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Oakland
California
Amy Ruth Tan
Song
Two
Halves
Realized
Played
Half
Times

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