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You gotta learn to love when you're failing.... The embracing of that, the discomfort of failing in front of an audience, leads you to penetrate through the fear that blinds you. Fear is the mind killer.

Stephen Colbert

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Stephen Colbert
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: May 13
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Washington
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