"I don't want to make a fool of myself referring someone who asked for my help" to an adviser who will reject him, he says.

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And I kept my tradition of not making more of a fool of myself than I usually do by not letting you all see me try to dance.

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It seems to me that the effect has been positive, that I've not yet made too big a fool of myself - at least I don't think I have.

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You can imagine how much my parents' request that I leave home wounded me, even though the College of Me said that life after prison wouldn't be easy and that I shouldn't fool myself into thinking otherwise.

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