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Keep learning don't be arrogant by assuming that you know it all, that you have a monopoly on the truth always assume that you can learn something from someone else.

Jack Welch

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Jack Welch
Age: 84 †
Born: 1935
Born: November 19
Died: 2020
Died: March 1
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