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Smart people are a dime a dozen. What matters is the ability to think different... to think out of the box.

Walter Isaacson

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Walter Isaacson
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: May 20
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He had the attitude that he could do anything, and therefore so can you. He put his life in my hands. So that made me do something I didn't think I could do.... If you trust him, you can do things. If he's decided that something should happen, then he's just going to make it happen. (Elizabeth Holmes)
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