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Those who know don't tell and those who tell don't know.

Michael Lewis

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Michael Lewis
Age: 63
Born: 1960
Born: October 15
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Journalist
Writer
New Orleans
Louisiana
Michael M. Lewis
Knowledge
Tell

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