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Every time you make a rule you take away a choice, and choice, with all of its illuminating repercussions, is the fuel for learning.

Marcus Buckingham

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Marcus Buckingham
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: January 11
Author
Motivational Speaker
Writer
Radlett
Hertfordshire
Marcus Wilfrid Buckingham
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It's odd that I'm a big name in America and not known in Britain.
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