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When you get in the mud with a pig, you get dirty and the pig gets happy.

James Altucher

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James Altucher
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: January 23
Blogger
Entrepreneur
Fund Manager
Podcaster
New York City
New York
Dirty
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Pigs

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