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If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress.

David Rockefeller

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David Rockefeller
Age: 101 †
Born: 1915
Born: June 12
Died: 2017
Died: March 20
Art Collector
Autobiographer
Banker
Businessperson
Entomologist
Statesperson
Writer
New York City
New York
Discontent
Motherhood
Necessity
Invention
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Mother

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