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" Instead of telling the world what you're eating for breakfast, you can use social networking to do something that's meaningful. "
Edward Norton
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" You never make all things for all people and can't always pander to the broadest denominator. I keep an eye toward doing the themes that interest me. Do they move me? Interest me? Make me think? When I run across something that is provocative in an unsettling way, it appeals to me. "
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