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" If I had a big brother who was a year older than me or something, I probably wouldn't have ended up being a filmmaker. "

M. Night Shyamalan

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" There are a lot of things I can take, and a few that I can't. What I can't take is when my older brother, who's everything that I want to be, starts losing faith in things. I saw that look in your eyes last night. I don't ever want to see that look in your eyes again. "

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