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If you're not living life on the edge, you're taking up too much space. The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Peter Drucker

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Peter Drucker
Age: 95 †
Born: 1909
Born: November 19
Died: 2005
Died: November 11
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Peter Ferdinand Drucker
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