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Howard Schultz
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: July 19
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Howard D. Schultz
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Whatever you do, don't play it safe. Don't do things the way they've always been done. Don't try to fit the system. If you do what's expected of you, you'll never accomplish more than others expect.
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