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My big problem with corporate structure is this bizarre sense of loyalty you're supposed to feel -- towards what is basically a virus. It grows or dies, like any virus. And you use it for your own selfish ends. - source

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Thom Yorke
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: October 7
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Thomas Edward Yorke
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