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We cannot control what emotions or circumstances we will experience next, but we can choose how we will respond to them.

Gary Zukav

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Gary Zukav
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 17
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Non-Fiction Writer
Soldier
Port Arthur
Texas
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