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If you want to make a good first impression, smile at people. What does it cost to smile? Nothing. What does it cost not to smile? Everything, if not smiling prevents you from enchanting people.

Guy Kawasaki

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Guy Kawasaki
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: August 30
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