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When two people first meet, they can only have a very ordinary kind of friendship. But when you begin to understand each other, when you get close to them, you discover that you're suddenly eager to know him or her even better.
Zhang Ziyi
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Zhang Ziyi
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: February 9
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