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Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and a pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the night before they get away.
Earl Nightingale
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Earl Nightingale
Age: 68 †
Born: 1921
Born: March 12
Died: 1989
Died: March 25
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