No, this does not belong to Baz Luhrmann, despite the egregious misattribution. That he put it to song and included it in his frenetic Romeo and Juliet is probably true–I’ve not seen it–but the essay belongs to Mary Schmich of the Chicago Tribune.
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Gatsby, chapter IV
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Credo: from The Hagakure
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The first three points of the Camp Andersen credo
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