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“I'm the worst person to ask about how to get noticed. It took me 25 years.”

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Dirk Benedict, born on March 1, 1945, is an American actor known for his role as Captain Morgan Bateson in the television series 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'. more

“As a little kid, not only is my dad Jo-Jo White, but M. L. Carr is involved in the family, Red Auerbach is my godfather, and my stepmother was an Olympic-caliber sprinter. Athletes were all around. I happened to be a natural athlete. If I wasn't, it might have been hell. But I never got any pressure from my mom and dad to be an athlete.”

“I came out of my professional athlete career with a 450 credit score, no money in the bank to show for it, but I had an Ivy League degree. So I put that Dartmouth degree to good use and got a job on Wall Street. I hated it but used the time to make connections and become financially literate.”

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Author:Brian J. White

“I'm still an athlete, I'm still a stockbroker, I'm still an actor. I think of it as more of an opening of new doors than an actual transition. I enjoy all of those things, which is why they remain a part of my life.”

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Author:Brian J. White

“I guess I really always wanted to act. When I was seven, I actually had the opportunity to come out to California. Ive always really loved playing a part, playing a character and being someone else.”

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Author:Madison Davenport

“When one life changes, many lives are changed.”

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Author:G.W. Bailey

“I'm from Port Arthur, Texas! Little guy! Little character guy from one of the saddest oil-refinery towns in America. And here I was driving over to Beverly Hills, to 20th Century Fox, to be on 'M*A*S*H!'”

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Author:G.W. Bailey

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