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You have an advantage that neither education nor upbringing can buy - you have almost nothing. And therefore you have almost nothing to lose.

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Felix Dennis
Age: 67 †
Born: 1947
Born: May 27
Died: 2014
Died: June 22
Businessperson
Poet
Publisher
Writer
Kingston
Advantage
Therefore
Lose
Loses
Education
Almost
Nothing
Upbringing
Neither

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