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NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS If we are to be who we are if we are to accomplish great things then we must learn the heart's most essential rule: NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS

J. Michael Straczynski

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J. Michael Straczynski
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: July 17
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