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I have a friend who is very successful in business, and his motto is, 'Don't do what you can do. Do what only you can do.' First of all, you have to know what your specific, unique gift is and then you do that... every actor does that but every once in a while an actor plays a part that only they can play.
I have a friend who is very successful in business, and his motto is, 'Don't do what you can do. Do what only you can do.' First of all, you have to know what your specific, unique gift is and then you do that... every actor does that but every once in a while an actor plays a part that only they can play.
Approximate author period: c. 1979 AD · modern
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- Rob Lowe
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- Approximate author period: c. 1979 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Rob Lowe: documented activity in 1979. Wikidata Q296505, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q296505 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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