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Most of us live in artificial environments and then we go to work in artificial environments and the world becomes something that you see through a window.

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Alan Ball
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 13
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I will say that the environment I grew up in was not the most progressive.
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I guess in America we're so sold on this ideal of the perfect, well-adjusted family that is able to confront any conflict and, with true love and understanding, work things through. I'm sure they do exist, but I never knew any of them.
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