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It wasn't an excuse. It was a fact. He'd had to make his way alone, and no one - not rock stars, not professional athletes, not software billionaires, and not even geniuses - ever makes it alone.
Malcolm Gladwell
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Malcolm Gladwell
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: September 3
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