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I thought I was gonna be an attorney, so I went to Dartmouth and I was a government major and I minored in environmental policy, and I didn't do anything academically around the arts.
Aisha Tyler
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Aisha Tyler
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: September 18
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You can only really learn from failure ... To win, you need to fail, and fail hard.
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Maybe the nails are a little stubby and gnawed on, but I definitely do not have man hands.
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