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The only truly safe thing you can do is to try over and over again. To go for it, to get rejected, to repeat, to strive, to wish. Without rejection there is no frontier, there is no passion, and there is no magic.

James Altucher

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James Altucher
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: January 23
Blogger
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New York City
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