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When I wrote ‘Silver Linings,’ I thought I was writing a book about the Philadelphia Eagles and male bonding, but when the book came out, it was surprising to me that the mental health community embraced it.

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When I was in high school, I used to have breakfast with my grandpa every morning. He instilled a lot of values in me: hard work, loyalty. He grew up during the Great Depression in Philly in poverty – he didn’t have enough to eat as a kid. Sometimes his family would get kicked out of their apartment because they couldn’t pay the rent.

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Everyone wants the same thing in this band, so we definitely respect each other. I mean, all of us have had hit songs, so it’s a band full of people who really know what they’re talking about, so you have to respect that even when you think something you have might be great, and they go, ‘Man, it’s not as great as you think it is.’

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May 14, 2024

Everyone wants the same thing in this band, so we definitely respect each other. I mean, all of us have had hit songs, so it’s a band full of people who really know what they’re talking about, so you have to respect that even when you think something you have might be great, and they go, ‘Man, it’s not as great as you think it is.’

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May 14, 2024

When I was in high school, I used to have breakfast with my grandpa every morning. He instilled a lot of values in me: hard work, loyalty. He grew up during the Great Depression in Philly in poverty – he didn’t have enough to eat as a kid. Sometimes his family would get kicked out of their apartment because they couldn’t pay the rent.

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