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For Hamlet, greatness means willingness to fight for reasons as thin as an eggshell: anyone would fight for things that matter true heroes take their personal honor so seriously they will fight for things that don’t matter.

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Peter Thiel
Age: 56
Born: 1967
Born: October 11
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