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I'm curious how people build up the codes that they live their life by, and how they come to think that that's the best way for them to function.

Noah Baumbach

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Noah Baumbach
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 3
Film Director
Film Producer
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Brooklyn
New York
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