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It’s much easier not to know things sometimes. And to have french fries with your mom be enough.

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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Things
Fries
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Mom
Easier
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