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You seem to make different concessions with yourself about what you want to focus on or not, and what you want to pay attention to.
Julian Schnabel
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Julian Schnabel
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 26
Artist
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Film Director
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New York City
New York
G'iuliʼan Shenabel
Julian C. Schnabel
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