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San Francisco is one of my favourite cities in the world...I would probably rank it at the top or near the top. It's small but photogenic and has layers...You never have problems finding great angles that people have never done.

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Ang Lee
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 23
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My hometown was one of the major U.S. Air Force bases.
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