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" My feeling with my characters is that they all have a right to feel exactly the way that they do, so I never censor them. I don't judge them. "
Scott Thompson
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Feel
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" I first got into fruit when I was a teenager, when my life was changing in every way. The first time I had a mango, at like 18, I was like, 'Where has this been my whole life?' "
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Total
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Career
Going
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