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Excellence isn't an act, it's a habit

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Quincy Jones
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: March 14
Actor
Autobiographer
Bandleader
Composer
Conductor
Film Producer
Humanitarian
Instrumentalist
Jazz Musician
Jazz Trumpeter
Music Arranger
Chicago
Illinois
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Quincy Delight Jones Jr.
Quincy Delight Jones Jr
Quincy Jones Jr.
Excellence
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