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All that you need to become an entrepreneur and change the world is a working brain - and pretty much nothing else.

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Adora Svitak
Age: 27
Born: 1997
Born: October 15
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You must lend an ear today, because we are the leaders of tomorrow
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If we all understood we can learn from both older and younger people, then we'd have a better world.
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To show that you truly care, you listen.
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If you pursued something that you felt strongly about, then I call that success.
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