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Only you pick that crab. Nobody else take it. I already know this. Everyone else want best quality. You thinking different.

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Amy Tan
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: February 19
Essayist
Film Writer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Oakland
California
Amy Ruth Tan
Everyone
Crab
Else
Crabs
Best
Pick
Take
Picks
Different
Nobody
Thinking
Already
Quality
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