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One doesn't accept bad challenges. Part of it is always the risk-taking without seeing that the risks are rational and the rewards are commensurate.. are more than commensurate.. with the risks.

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Sumner Redstone
Age: 97 †
Born: 1923
Born: May 27
Died: 2020
Died: August 11
Businessperson
Entrepreneur
Magnate
Boston
Massachusetts
Sumner Murray Rothstein
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