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I'm skeptical of any mission that has advertisers at its centerpiece.

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Jeff Bezos
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 12
Astronaut
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Jeffrey Preston Bezos
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The death knell for any enterprise is to glorify the past -- no matter how good it was.
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The common question that gets asked in business is, why? That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, why not?
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To get something new done you have to be stubborn and focused, to the point that others might find unreasonable.
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You don't choose your passions your passions choose you.
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I wouldn't be surprised if history records Tim Berners-Lee as the second Gutenberg.
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