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" I think that anybody that smiles automatically looks better. "

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" I was the only kid in Manhattan I knew whose parents had a car. "

" Because that's what intimacy is: It's a willingness to be vulnerable, a willingness to bite my tongue and a willingness to set an example of what I believe in. "

" To be honest, relationships with the opposite sex are the most challenging things I've done. You lose your compass, gravity changes, you don't know what's up or down, you're trying to figure it out. You're trying to make everybody happy, including yourself, and it's just... it's humbled me. "

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" Things hurt me just as much as anyone else. My insecurities, failures. I'm vulnerable to comparisons. "

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" My relationship with aging is cozy. I'm not trying to play 29 and holding on with white knuckles, you know? "

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