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If you're willing to work harder than anybody else, you can create your own luck

Nolan Bushnell

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Nolan Bushnell
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: February 5
Computer Scientist
Engineer
Entrepreneur
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Clearfield
Utah
Nolan Key Bushnell
Luck
Harder
Anybody
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