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Long ago I had a professor who told me, 'Embrace the contradictions.' I think that is what is most interesting about people like Jobs.
Alex Gibney
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Alex Gibney
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: October 23
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Philip Alexander Alex Gibney
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