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Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once and it's too much. My heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst.

Alan Ball

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Alan Ball
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 13
Director
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Film Director
Film Producer
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Television Producer
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Atlanta
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Alan Erwin Ball
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