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America, ladies and gentlemen, has done more for me financially than Britain ever has, or ever could have done.

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Felix Dennis
Age: 67 †
Born: 1947
Born: May 27
Died: 2014
Died: June 22
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Kingston
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America
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Gentlemen
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Gentleman

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America is not the center of the universe.
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I cannot abide being bored.
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Fear not. For fear itself is fed by fear, and all fears pass. Did no one tell you so? Come take my hand, my friend, and we will peer into this fear's abyss. And jump! And know.
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