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Objectivity consists in understanding that the only one who never makes a mistake is the one who never does anything.

Vladimir Kramnik

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Vladimir Kramnik
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: June 25
Chess Player
Writer
Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik
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Objectivity
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