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You try to do as little as you can, but you need to do as much as is necessary to get a result. When you get a result, you do less.

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Buck Brannaman
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 29
Horse Trainer
Non-Fiction Writer
Sheboygan
Wisconsin
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