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I loathe and detest movies and television and don't watch any. I do not have the time.

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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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If you are unwilling to fail, sometimes publicly and even catastrophically, you will never be rich.
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I thoroughly object to getting old. If you could let me be 16 again, I'd give you everything I've got and everything I'll ever have.
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