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Most people spend their whole lives looking for the right job. There are others who never get an opportunity to do work that fulfils them.
Zhang Ziyi
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Zhang Ziyi
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: February 9
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I don't care if you love me or not. I'll love you anyway.
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That whole environment was just incompatible with my beliefs and my personality. It was a dark time for me.
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