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“None of us grew up feeling like winners. So thank you to the bullies, to the popular kids, to the gym teachers who taunted us, who rejected us and who made fun of the way we ran. Without you we never would have gone into comedy.”

Quote by Steven Levitan

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Steven Levitan is an accomplished American screenwriter, known for his significant contributions to the sitcom genre. He gained recognition for his work on the hit sitcom 'Modern Family', for which he won multiple Emmy Awards. more

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