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You're going to fall down, but the world doesn't care how many times you fall down, as long as it's one fewer than the numbers of times you get back up.

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Aaron Sorkin
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 9
Actor
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Television Producer
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New York City
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Aaron Benjamin Sorkin
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