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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
Waiting
Till
Wrist
Hands
Pick
Fist
Power
Picks
Wrists
Fortune
Fists
Wait
Powerless
Arms
Steel
Inconstant
Hand
Brains
Injures
Brain
Ties
Grasps

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