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I still have my laptop but I haven't used it. I'm a paper man, not electronic.

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Carlos Slim
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: January 28
Business Magnate
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Mexico City
Mexico
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Live the present intensely and fully, do not let the past be a burden, and let the future be an incentive. Each person forges his or her own destiny.
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