Because Quote by James Altucher

“I've had to change careers several times. Sometimes because my interests changed. Sometimes because all bridges have been burned beyond recognition, sometimes because I desperately needed money. And sometimes just because I hated everyone in my old career or they hated me.”

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America is a country of fighters. People who fought their way in and then continued fighting.

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