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A lot of people got in at the wrong time. A lot of people did very well and some people said, This is it. I'll never get back in again. And they maybe meant it, but they probably got back in again anyway.
Peter Lynch
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Peter Lynch
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: January 19
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