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Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way.

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Aaron Allston
Age: 53 †
Born: 1960
Born: December 8
Died: 2014
Died: February 27
Film Director
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Novelist
Role-Playing Game Designer
Science Fiction Writer
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Corsicana
Texas
Aaron Dale Allston
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