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I want to try to make big films that hopefully connect with people.

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David Brooks
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 22
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City of Toronto
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Much of life is about failure, whether we acknowledge it or not, and your destiny is profoundly shaped by how effectively you learn from and adapt to failure.
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If you withdraw from the game, you're out of the game. And we have withdrawn from the game. And we said Bashar Assad has to go. He's going to stay. So we're out of the game.
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