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If you spot an opportunity and are really excited by it, throw yourself into it with everything you've got.

Richard Branson

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Richard Branson
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: July 18
Aircraft Pilot
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Film Producer
High School Teacher
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Sir Richard Branson
Richard Charles Nicholas Branson
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson
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The risk is worth it. Mike would have been the first to say that.
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