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I Have Been Working Since I Was 20, And I'm 38. I Actually Once Averaged Out What I Had Made Over My Professional Life. I Think I Could Have Made That Much As A Waiter Or An Insurance Salesman. You Know, I Spent So Many Years In My 20's Making $10,000 A Year.

-Sebastian Junger

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I Have Been Working Since I Was

Sebastian Junger

I Have Been Working Since I Was 20, And I'm 38. I Actually Once Averaged Out What I Had Made Over My Professional Life. I Think I Could Have Made That Much As A Waiter Or An Insurance Salesman. You Know, I Spent So Many Years In My 20's Making $10,000 A Year.

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