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" When people are very damaged, they can often meet the world with a kind of defiance. "

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Measure Of A Man

" The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous. "

" I think you're working and learning until you die. "

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" We do stigmatise teens a lot and see them as scary and alien. "

" I think I've really exhausted the magical. It was a lot of fun, but I've put it behind me for the time being. "

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" I'm interested in that drive, that rush to judgment, that is so prevalent in our society. We all know that pleasurable rush that comes from condemning, and in the short term it's quite a satisfying thing to do, isn't it? "

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