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The one thing I've learned is that stuttering in public is never as bad as I fear it will be.

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John Stossel
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: March 4
Journalist
Reporter
Television Presenter
Writer
Chicago Heights
Illinois
John Frank Stossel
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