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There was a telemarketing job one summer in high school that I was rejected for. I still walk by the building that I actually had the interview in. It's still in New York, and I always think about that job and why I didn't get it.
Noah Baumbach
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Noah Baumbach
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 3
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