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I have a new way of doing things, and I don’t care if you think I’m crazy.

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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That was it! The whole Redwood City philosophy was based on a willingness to try harder than anyone else.
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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.
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Sometimes constraints actually create success. Not being able to swim made me run. And running taught me the discipline I needed as a writer.
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If you don't contradict yourself on a regular basis, then you're not thinking.
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