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Paul Feig

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This American Life
198: How to Win Friends and Influence People

And so I remember getting to the school the next day and my friend Dave Flurry, who I'd always called Flurry, I remember going up to him going, hey, David, how's it going? And he gave me the strangest look.

This American Life
198: How to Win Friends and Influence People

And so I remember getting to the school the next day and my friend Dave Flurry, who I'd always called Flurry, I remember going up to him going, hey, David, how's it going? And he gave me the strangest look.

This American Life
198: How to Win Friends and Influence People

And I would sit at lunch with my friends and kind of they would be on a story and I would want to throw in as I normally would, but kind of went, oh, wait, no, I should. I should sit back and listen and really be attentive and would nod and go, oh, oh. And then what did your brother do? Oh, he punched you, really. And what happened then?

This American Life
198: How to Win Friends and Influence People

And I would sit at lunch with my friends and kind of they would be on a story and I would want to throw in as I normally would, but kind of went, oh, wait, no, I should. I should sit back and listen and really be attentive and would nod and go, oh, oh. And then what did your brother do? Oh, he punched you, really. And what happened then?

This American Life
198: How to Win Friends and Influence People

And I became this sort of mini analyst where I was sort of trying to get kids to tell me their innermost secrets. But what happened was my father kept checking in with me at night. And he'd go, so did you read that book? Have you tried any of these things out? So I felt like I needed more proof.

This American Life
198: How to Win Friends and Influence People

And I became this sort of mini analyst where I was sort of trying to get kids to tell me their innermost secrets. But what happened was my father kept checking in with me at night. And he'd go, so did you read that book? Have you tried any of these things out? So I felt like I needed more proof.

This American Life
198: How to Win Friends and Influence People

Yes. I needed a tangible thing to show my father that I had become popular and was winning friends and influencing people.

This American Life
198: How to Win Friends and Influence People

Yes. I needed a tangible thing to show my father that I had become popular and was winning friends and influencing people.

This American Life
198: How to Win Friends and Influence People

One of the things I hadn't banked on was that as class president, I actually had to do something. I was so not into this. I was just hating it because I just wanted to get back to my life with my friends. Well, the teacher was dissatisfied and the students were dissatisfied. And the teacher suddenly decided, well, you know what?

This American Life
198: How to Win Friends and Influence People

One of the things I hadn't banked on was that as class president, I actually had to do something. I was so not into this. I was just hating it because I just wanted to get back to my life with my friends. Well, the teacher was dissatisfied and the students were dissatisfied. And the teacher suddenly decided, well, you know what?

This American Life
198: How to Win Friends and Influence People

And she got up and she said, there's a process in our political system in this country called impeachment. And she looked out and she said, how does everyone feel about our class president, Paul?

This American Life
198: How to Win Friends and Influence People

And she got up and she said, there's a process in our political system in this country called impeachment. And she looked out and she said, how does everyone feel about our class president, Paul?

This American Life
198: How to Win Friends and Influence People

I couldn't get out of my head the fact that my dad had given this to me and the fact that he was so concerned that I didn't have friends. And so I started getting nervous, like, well, maybe he's seen something that I don't know. It was strange. I would start to see things that weren't there, like somebody would sort of laugh at what I say and they'd turn away to look at something.

This American Life
198: How to Win Friends and Influence People

I couldn't get out of my head the fact that my dad had given this to me and the fact that he was so concerned that I didn't have friends. And so I started getting nervous, like, well, maybe he's seen something that I don't know. It was strange. I would start to see things that weren't there, like somebody would sort of laugh at what I say and they'd turn away to look at something.

This American Life
198: How to Win Friends and Influence People

And suddenly I was envisioning that as they're turning away with their back to me, they're making this sort of face and rolling their eyes. I'm like, oh, what an idiot. And started noticing in the teacher that when I would raise my hand and answer a question, something in her face that kind of was like she was tolerating me.

This American Life
198: How to Win Friends and Influence People

And suddenly I was envisioning that as they're turning away with their back to me, they're making this sort of face and rolling their eyes. I'm like, oh, what an idiot. And started noticing in the teacher that when I would raise my hand and answer a question, something in her face that kind of was like she was tolerating me.

This American Life
198: How to Win Friends and Influence People

Yeah, it was almost like I had been given this sort of handbook to the human mind that I didn't want.

This American Life
198: How to Win Friends and Influence People

Yeah, it was almost like I had been given this sort of handbook to the human mind that I didn't want.

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