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In show business, it takes 10 years to create an overnight success. You've heard that, right? But what you don't hear is that that's the exact same amount of time it takes to create a bitter failure.

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Marc Maron
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: September 27
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Jersey City
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Marcus David Maron
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Left wing, right wing, I am wingless and tired of trying to fly. Here comes the ground.
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