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I had a lot of encouragement and tolerance from my parents, but I also have many friends who didn't get that from their parents and in a way they have more strength from spending years where nobody believed in them.

Michel Gondry

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Michel Gondry
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: May 8
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