And I speak personally here because there are people here whose books or poetry or works of history shaped me.

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Transplanted to Washington, his heart remained here, in West Virginia, in the place that shaped him, with the people he loved.

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Here are the works, in no particular order, the Harvard economics grad says have shaped his investing career the most.

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Here's the recipe -- straight from the secret recipe file in Jason's avocado-shaped noggin.

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