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It looks like the thing that separates out the capable students from the really successful ones is not so much their knowledge...but their persistence at something.

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Eric Schmidt
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 27
Art Collector
Businessperson
Computer Scientist
Electrical Engineer
Engineer
Software Engineer
University Teacher
Washington
District of Columbia
Eric E. Schmidt
Eric Emerson Schmidt
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