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If you fall during your life it doesn't matter because you're never a failure if you try to get up.

Evel Knievel

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Evel Knievel
Age: 69 †
Born: 1938
Born: October 17
Died: 2007
Died: November 30
Actor
Daredevil
Entertainer
Film Actor
Motorcycle Rider
Painter
Stunt Performer
Butte
Montana
Robert Craig Knievel
Never
Life
Failure
Fall
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Trying

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I went through life big-bang-banda-boom-bada-boom.
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