Born in Suriname (Caribbean), then called Dutch Guiana Jan Matzeliger emmigrated to the United States where he invented the "Shoe Lasting Machine" which increased the capacity of shoe makers who were...
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"And I figured out that the reason I couldn't get through the day as well as I can now is because I had too many things on my mind, on my plate, you know, for one person to have. So I started to eliminate some of the things that were too heavy to carry and unnecessary. "
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