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The strength of his will was the tool of his trade.

Gordon Lightfoot

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Gordon Lightfoot
Age: 85
Born: 1938
Born: November 17
Actor
Guitarist
Musician
Poet
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Gordon Meredith Lightfoot
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Strength
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To wear the crown of peace, you must wear the crown of thorns.
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Give me a wave I can ride upon, come and show your strength to me.
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Everything is trust, all the rest is dust.
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I had lots of friends who were fighting in Vietnam and I am still friends with veterans of the war.
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All that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters.
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She been looking like a queen in a sailor's dream.
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I worked in a plant when I was 14 for two years. I always wanted to do the summer jobs. Honest to God, I always had to be doing something.
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