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When you think back to your first kiss, your hair is perfect and she was wearing a cool outfit. We remember it with restraint and we remember it with style. We remember it as idealistically as you can think.

Stephen Chbosky

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Stephen Chbosky
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 25
Film Director
Film Producer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Remember
Restraint
Back
Wearing
Firsts
Kiss
First
Kissing
Think
Cool
Thinking
Hair
Style
Perfect
Outfit

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