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I think they were afraid that some of us would try to kill ourselves or something because they looked very tense and one of them kept touching his beard.

Stephen Chbosky

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