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Who grasps with his fist one who has an arm of steel injures only his own powerless wrist. Wait till inconstant fortune ties his hand, then ... pick out his brains.

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
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Brains
Injures
Brain
Ties
Grasps
Waiting
Till
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Hands
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Fist
Power
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Fortune
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Steel
Inconstant

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