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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.

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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