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Never follow your dreams. Follow your effort. It's not about what you can dream of. That's easy. It's about whether or not it's important enough to you to do the work to be ready to be successful in that business.

Mark Cuban

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Mark Cuban
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: July 31
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