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All artists have to do that at a certain point. This shift that has to happen between the initial moment of creation and then the consideration of what has been created.

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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