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I've always been most interested in the politics of everyday life: your relation to whatever you're doing, or what your ambitions are, where you live, where you find yourself in the social hierarchy.

Richard Linklater

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Richard Linklater
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: July 30
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Richard Stuart Linklater
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