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I don't think anybody can be a success who doesn't like what they do. [But it's] no job if it has no challenge there's nothing to it if there are no problems. The essential thing is liking what you're doing.

Malcolm Forbes

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Malcolm Forbes
Age: 70 †
Born: 1919
Born: August 19
Died: 1990
Died: February 24
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