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If you have an orderly mind, you'll be a winner no matter where you end up. If your mind is a jumble of junk, you'll be a loser. It's as simple as that.

Jack Gantos

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Jack Gantos
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: July 2
Author
Novelist
Writer
Pennsylvania
United States
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Mind
Jumble
Orderly
Junk
Loser
Winner
Simple
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