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I know that aiming at perfection has its drawbacks. It makes you go into details that you can avoid but that is the only way you can achieve excellence. So, in that case, being finicky is essential.

J. R. D. Tata

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J. R. D. Tata
Age: 89 †
Born: 1904
Born: July 29
Died: 1993
Died: November 29
Aircraft Pilot
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Paris
France
Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata
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