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It is predicated on the assumption that you dislike what you are doing during the most physically capable years of your life. This is a nonstarter—nothing can justify that sacrifice.

Tim Ferriss

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Tim Ferriss
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: July 20
Author
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East Hampton
New York
Tim Ferriss
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