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A lot of it [success] is luck. That's a huge part of it that no one wants to talk about. You just got to be in the right place at the right time.
John Carpenter
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John Carpenter
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: January 16
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We all question our sanity. Everyone has had an experience of loss of control of something.
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