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"Your life is very much out of your control... You do the best you can and then you're at the mercy of fortune." - Woody Allen in 2013, as told to Cal Fussman.
What I've Learned: a series produced by Esquire and Quoted Studios
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Executive Producer DAVID GERLACH
Interviewer CAL FUSSMAN
Illustrator JOE McKENDRY
Director PATRICK SMITH
Animator JENNIFER YOO

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