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There are so many people who are clever. There are 8000 people at Princeton who are more clever than the three of us at this table. BUT, we have the ability to give something that they don't have...which is us.
Mike Birbiglia
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Mike Birbiglia
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: June 20
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