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Even if our home burns down we can rebuild it. But the things that we got for nothing, we can never replace.

Earl Nightingale

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Earl Nightingale
Age: 68 †
Born: 1921
Born: March 12
Died: 1989
Died: March 25
Actor
Author
Motivational Speaker
Radio Personality
Writer
LA
California
Never
Rebuild
Burns
Replace
Home
Nothing
Even
Things

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