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I See Myself As A Citizen Of The Planet. Even As A Child, I Always Found It Mindless To Root For Your Own Team. I Was Puzzled By The Fact That People Said Their Own Team Was Better Than Other Teams Simply Because It Was Theirs.

-Wallace Shawn

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I See Myself As A Citizen Of

Wallace Shawn

I See Myself As A Citizen Of The Planet. Even As A Child, I Always Found It Mindless To Root For Your Own Team. I Was Puzzled By The Fact That People Said Their Own Team Was Better Than Other Teams Simply Because It Was Theirs.

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