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You can't be sensitive, because you're going to get criticized. I don't care who you are, you're going to get criticized.

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Derek Jeter
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: June 26
Baseball Player
Chief Executive Officer
Entrepreneur
Professional Baseball Player
Derek Sanderson Jeter
Captain Clutch
Mr. November
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Yankees

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