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I don't know if it's better to be close with your daughter or make sure that she has a better life than you do.

Stephen Chbosky

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Stephen Chbosky
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 25
Film Director
Film Producer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Daughter
Close
Sure
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Life

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