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Definitely, it's a fear of failure that drives me.

Jerry Bruckheimer

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Jerry Bruckheimer
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 21
Executive Producer
Film Director
Film Producer
Television Producer
Detroit
Michigan
Jerome Leon Bruckheimer
Failure
Fear
Drives
Definitely

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