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“This dumb little moment was the first time I heard a stranger hating me in public. I knew then, for real, that thousands of people were having the exact conversation all over the world every moment of every day. Those people were real and their thoughts were formed by overblown or just straight made up stories about me that I could never adequately defend myself against. People all over the world whom I had never met and would never meet hated me. HATED. And what they thought about me was completely out of my control.”

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Book:An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
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Hank Green

Hank Green is an entrepreneur born on May 5, 1980. He is one of the co-founders of Vlogbrothers, a popular YouTube channel with a large audience. Green is known for his contributions to internet content creation, education, and technological innovation. more

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