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One of my earliest ventures was when I was nine years old. I realized there was a shortage of pencils at school, so I started Rent-a-Pencil. But I made a fundamental mistake. Everybody stole my pencils.

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Bruce Dickinson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: August 7
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