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Five minutes of a lifetime were truly spent, and we felt young in a good way.

Stephen Chbosky

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Stephen Chbosky
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 25
Film Director
Film Producer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Felt
Young
Way
Good
Spent
Lifetime
Truly
Minutes
Five

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