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Incompetence annoys me. Overconfidence terrifies me.

Malcolm Gladwell

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Malcolm Gladwell
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: September 3
Journalist
Screenwriter
Sociologist
Writer
Malcolm Timothy Gladwell
Terrifies
Annoys
Incompetence
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