"I thought I wanted to be a scientist when I went to Princeton...halfway through, I figured out I wasn't smart enough to be a physicist."
JEFF BEZOS
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I'm interested in all things communication 🗣. English literature graduate, ex-accountant and auditor, part-time gardener. I love to read 📚 I write (under a pseudonym )✍🏻 & I stash all things comms 👩🏻💻
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