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I have learnt more from my failures than my successes.

Richard Branson

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Richard Branson
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: July 18
Aircraft Pilot
Autobiographer
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Business Magnate
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Film Producer
High School Teacher
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Richard Charles Nicholas Branson
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