We have to have a version of our own story that we keep telling ourselves that allows us … - Steven Soderbergh

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Steven Soderbergh

We have to have a version of our own story that we keep telling ourselves that allows us to get up in the morning. This version of yourself is what you sell to yourself. I think it necessarily includes. . . not looking at certain things. Everybody's got some blind spot.

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