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If you are going to do large-scale invention, you have to be willing to do three things: You must be willing to fail you have to be willing to think long term and you have to be willing to be misunderstood for long periods of time.
Jeff Bezos
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Jeff Bezos
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 12
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Jeffrey Preston Bezos
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