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Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard for twenty-two minutes to make sense of something that most people would give up on after thirty seconds.
Malcolm Gladwell
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Malcolm Gladwell
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: September 3
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Malcolm Timothy Gladwell
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