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Goals are not dreamy, pie-in-the-sky ideals. They have every day practical applications and they should be practical.

Les Brown

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Les Brown
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: February 17
Motivational Speaker
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Miami
Florida
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Leslie C. Brown
Leslie Calvin Brown
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