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Dad's Theory of Arrogance--that everyone always assumes they're the Principal Character of Desire and/or Loathing in everybody else's Broadway Play.

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Marisha Pessl
Age: 46
Born: 1977
Born: October 26
Writer
Clarkston
Michigan
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Arrogance
Play
Assuming
Always
Dad
Theory
Everybody
Assumes
Everyone
Loathing
Desire
Broadway
Else
Principal

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