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I went to boarding school Southern, religious, and straight, and I left boarding school not being at all religious and not being straight.

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Chris Hughes
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: November 26
Businessperson
Computer Scientist
Entrepreneur
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North Carolina
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Boarding
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