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Kids don't even read comic books anymore. They've got more important things to do - like video games.

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Ang Lee
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 23
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Cháozhōu Zhèn
Lǐ Ān
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I'm not a master of films. I'm rather a slave.
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