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Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: January 1
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Writer
Tennessee
United States
Learn
Sometimes
Knocks
Softly
Listen
Opportunity

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