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Personal identity seems like it's just such an American archetype from Holly Golightly re-inventing herself in 'Breakfast At Tiffany's' to Jay Gatsby in 'The Great Gatsby.' It seems like the sort of archetypal American issue. If you're given the freedom to be anything or be anyone what do you do with it?

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We all die. The goal isn't to live forever the goal is to create something that will.

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever the goal is to create something that will.

My first time I jacked off, I thought I’d invented it. I looked down at my sloppy handful of junk and thought, 'This is going to make me rich'.

My first time I jacked off, I thought I’d invented it. I looked down at my sloppy handful of junk and thought, 'This is going to make me rich'.

This is your life and its ending one moment at a time.

This is your life and its ending one moment at a time.

The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.

The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.

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