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Usually when I read something, first of all I'm looking for the story and then when I reread it, I'm sort of checking every part of it to see if every scene is necessary.

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Gus Van Sant
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: July 24
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Gus Greene Van Sant Junior
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