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Just come in there and stand before a live crowd, thousands of people at an Ivy League School, like Eleanor Roosevelt said, always do what you're afraid to do.

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Chris Matthews
Age: 78
Born: 1945
Born: December 17
Commentator
Journalist
Television Presenter
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Philadelphia
Christopher John Matthews
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