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My parents were great parents, but for some bizarre reason they allowed me to watch whatever I wanted on TV, we had cable. And I constantly watched horror movies.
Christopher Bollen
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Christopher Bollen
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: November 26
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Why I love chess and tennis - the volleying aspect, and the fact that your competitors' reactions and motivations and bluffs come into the game itself.
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It's hard for me to figure out where I want to be. But it's definitely in New York. I feel like New York throws different challenges at you and you can be more creative.
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Going out into the country after living in the city is a loss of control.
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My strength is character. I'm pretty good at building walking-talking humans with brains like beehives.
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I had been going out to Orient for several years.
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I really believe there is something in the nature of a democracy that naturally leads people to distrust the government, to assume because a democracy is built by people just like themselves that there must be secret plots and cover-ups and wizards behind the scenes running the machine.
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I'm convinced I was the only kid ever who had a Death on the Nile [1978] movie poster and a Murder on the Orient Express [1974] movie poster on his bedroom walls.
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It's just as political, what you do in the bedroom is just as political as what you do in public.
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Every time I try to write on vacation, I fail miserably.
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I was a very scared child.
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