"My father's family were liquidated during the Cultural……" — Ang Lee
"My father's family were liquidated during the Cultural Revolution in China because they were landowners. He was the only one to escape. I was born and brought up in Taiwan. But you absorb the trauma. My parents had no sense of security."
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114 Quotes by Ang Lee
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