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I've always felt some kind of connection to people who are kind of over-smart. People who over-think things to the point of some sort of paralysis, and I think that certainly can be me on any given day.

Noah Baumbach

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Noah Baumbach
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 3
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