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It played into Mr. Bird’s elusiveness, his mystery, his aversion to selling himself, his feat of somehow being both the player of his generation and a complete unknown—a Bob Dylan in sneakers.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 25, 2026

“We felt her presence in the lack of it,” he writes of her funeral, a fitting coda to her elusiveness.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 2025

His elusiveness even sparked theories about whether he existed.

From Salon Mar. 4, 2025

"I thought I'd do something that was more about that idea of elusiveness, and the point where the actor stops and the character starts," he says.

From BBC Jan. 21, 2024

It was difficult to be specific when the core of a man’s character was elusiveness.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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