I was really going to be something by the age of 23.

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I was really going to be something by the age of 23.

Lelaina Pierce

Reality Bites · 1994

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Ambition

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Romantic comedy (film)Comedy drama (film)Romantic comedy Comedy drama

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Time

1994

Person

Lelaina Pierce

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Citation

Reality Bites. Directed by Ben Stiller, Jersey Films, 1994.

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