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" You have to let the viewers come away with their own conclusions. If you dictate what they should think, you've lost it. "

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" You couldn't put me in a social group setting. I'm probably a terrible anarchist deep down. "

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" I was probably the first kid in my high school to go to Yale. I applied almost as a lark. Then, when I got there, I was the dumbest person in your class. "

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