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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.
Christopher Bollen
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Christopher Bollen
Age: 48
Born: 1975
Born: November 26
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I was never afraid on stage. That's where I was the least afraid. I could just do what I do and I had the amplification and the lights.
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An album for me as a teenager in the '70s was a fully formed concept. It was a body of work from an artist I liked or trusted or who excited me. Maybe one of the songs is really poppy and you listen to it on the radio as a hit single and then more of the world is about to find out about this artist by buying the record.
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It's always fun to welcome new people into your life. When dating anyone or becoming friends with anyone who has a different profession, a different life, it opens doors. All my friends here do such different creative things. It's so awesome.
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I definitely don't take any of intrusions in my private life personally. You learn how to have a sense of humor pretty quickly. I honestly don't keep up on it unless it's something that would hurt someone else. I can take care of myself, that's not the problem. But it's just not fair to bring anyone else into the picture.
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I have to say I do read partly for escapism. Why can't I escape and learn something?
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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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I was obsessed with Agatha Christie in sixth grade.
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I had lived in New York since 1996, sometimes in the worst neighborhoods, without even locking my door half the time.
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