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Being articulate, my parents could make anything sound reasonable.

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Noah Baumbach
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 3
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Make
Articulate
Reasonable
Parents
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Anything

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