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" Why you do something is always kind of a mystery to me. "

Philip Seymour Hoffman

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" I do understand what it is to not want to commit to someone, knowing that might bring pain or commit to a life that has to do with being responsible to people other than myself. These things, I think, are normal things. "

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" I had a father who was a traveling salesman. "

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