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Humans know when it's not a good story. Unless you do this for a living, you may not know exactly why you don't like a story, but you can't fool an audience ever. They know when you have it and they know when you don't.
Aaron Sorkin
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Aaron Sorkin
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 9
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