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5.64sBut my parents were simple hedge fund managers who couldn't appreciate my interest in science.
2.7sMom, Dad, look what I made!
3.04s(YAWNING) That's wonderful, dear.
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1.93sHere you go, Squeakers.
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3.09sI was accepted to MIT at the age of 14,
4.19sbut my parents crushed my dreams like a discarded frog head.
2.7sHoney, I'm afraid we can't let you go.
3.27sYou're just not emotionally mature enough for college yet.
2.04s(IMITATING) "Not mature enough..."
7.42s(SHRIEKS) (BLUBBERING) Worried that city life was filling my head with an unhealthy respect for education,
4.32smy parents moved us to a peaceful farm.
3.22s(WAILING) I think that's sweet.
1.4sOh, shut up!
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2.37sYou're all I have left, Squeakers.
1.33s(BIRD SQUAWKS)
5.34s(WAILING) Oh, God, I hated that place. My parents kept me there for years.