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One of the goals of analysis is you become your own analyst. You continue the process even if you're not in therapy, whether you continue the process by walking down the street thinking about things or whether you continue the process, as I do, by writing about them.

Gary Shteyngart

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Gary Shteyngart
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: July 5
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