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I have spoken to a whole group of millionaires, head executives at Microsoft. Boy did I chew those guys out.

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Jack LaLanne
Age: 96 †
Born: 1914
Born: September 26
Died: 2011
Died: January 23
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If man makes it, I don't eat it!
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The food you eat today is walking and talking tomorrow.
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I don't think about wealth. I get one thing in my mind, How can I help people...come on humans...do something, you know. Let's wake up. Man alive...you're half dead. Let's do some living.
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