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Human beings have the remarkable ability to turn nothing into something. They can turn weeds into gardens and pennies into fortunes.

Jim Rohn

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Jim Rohn
Age: 79 †
Born: 1930
Born: September 17
Died: 2009
Died: December 5
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Emanuel James Rohn
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