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I would have been a much more popular Wolrd Champion if I had always said what people wanted to hear. I might have been dead, but definitely more popular.

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Jackie Stewart
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: June 11
Entrepreneur
Formula One Driver
Racing Automobile Driver
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