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Duke Ellington

Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young.

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Duke Ellington feels that destiny is protecting him by not allowing him to become extremely well-known early in his life. He believes this delay is a form of kindness, preventing the challenges that might come with sudden, youthful fame.

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