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The most critical variable [to becoming a change-maker] is one's willingness to give oneself permission. To break the mental chains that make us small because everyone tells us we cannot.

Bill Drayton

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Bill Drayton
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 1
Entrepreneur
Environmentalist
Social Entrepreneur
New York City
New York
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