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Fear of failure is a far worse condition than failure itself, because it kills off possibilities.

Michael Eisner

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