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If you are unwilling to fail, sometimes publicly and even catastrophically, you will never be rich.

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Felix Dennis
Age: 67 †
Born: 1947
Born: May 27
Died: 2014
Died: June 22
Businessperson
Poet
Publisher
Writer
Kingston
Failing
Rich
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Even
Never
Catastrophically
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