In their own words

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Q+A

Your favorite qualities in a man?

Yang: Kindness, tolerance.

Your favorite qualities in a woman?

Chang: Patience.

Who would you like to be, apart from being yourself?

Yang: Emmanuelle Riva, actress in the Best Foreign Language Oscar movie, Amour (2012).

Chang: Ansel Easton Adams, American photographer and environmentalist.

Who are your heroes in real life?

Yang: Mother Teresa.

Chang: Georgia O'Keeffe, American artist.

The natural talent you'd like to be gifted with?

Yang: Good memory.

Chang: Wisdom to handle complicated situations.

How do you wish to die?

Yang, Chang: Die in happiness and peace.

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