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... and you can only have 2 or 3 things everyday, because everything else will just come at you you know fires in a day.

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Sam Altman
Age: 39
Born: 1985
Born: April 22
Entrepreneur
Chicago
Illinois
Samuel H. Altman
Samuel Altman
Everyday
Fire
Else
Everything
Come
Things
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