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Recovering from failure is often easier than building from success.

Michael Eisner

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Michael Eisner
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: March 7
Businessman
Businessperson
Chief Executive Officer
Entrepreneur
New York City
New York
Michael Dammann Eisner
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