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What's really important in life? Sitting on a beach? Looking at television eight hours a day? I think we have to appreciate that we're alive for only a limited period of time, and we'll spend most of our lives working.

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Victor Kiam
Age: 74 †
Born: 1926
Born: December 7
Died: 2001
Died: May 27
Entrepreneur
New Orleans
Louisiana
Victor Kermit Kiam II
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