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You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.
Tom Brokaw
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Tom Brokaw
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: February 6
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