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A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.
Nolan Bushnell
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Nolan Bushnell
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: February 5
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