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Is the first billion really the hardest? Tom Sexton, WHITESBURG, KY.
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Well, I was 70 before I made it, so I plowed for a long time before I made a billion.
What is the best advice you've received from anyone? Francisco Sarmiento SAN FRANCISCO
I can still remember one of the things my grandmother, who lived next door to me, [said when] I was 12 years old. She said, "Sonny, someday everybody has to sit on their own bottom." You're gonna be responsible for your life and what you do in your life. That's what she was telling me. Work hard.
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