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Some people were born to work for others. Not in a mindless, servile-way--rather they simply work better in a set regimen of daily tasks and functions. Others were born of the entrepreneurial spirit and enjoy the demands of self-determination and the roll of the dice.

Richard Paul Evans

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Richard Paul Evans
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 11
Author
Novelist
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Self
Demand
Entrepreneurial
Work
Simply
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Way
Rather
Demands
People
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Roll
Born
Determination
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Daily
Servile
Others
Tasks
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