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Father: 'Anything but journalism.' I rebelled.

Malcolm Gladwell

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Malcolm Gladwell
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: September 3
Journalist
Screenwriter
Sociologist
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Malcolm Timothy Gladwell
Journalism
Father
Anything
Rebelled

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