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When people warn me against doing something once my mind is made up, I grow increasingly determined to try it.

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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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