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Even the poor can be fat in the U.S. That says something about a country. That's how incredible what we have is. But it can also take away incentive.

Jim Courier

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Jim Courier
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 17
Tennis Player
Sanford
Florida
James Spencer Courier
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