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What do you want?' is too imprecise to produce a meaningful and actionable answer.

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Tim Ferriss
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: July 20
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I take notes like some people take drugs.
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I'm prepared to do battle for a dream that is worth dreaming.
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