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I finished my high school. I think an educate is very, very important.

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Yao Ming
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: September 12
Autobiographer
Basketball Player
Entrepreneur
Shanghai
China
Ming Yao
School
Important
Think
Thinking
Educate
Finished
Basketball
High

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