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One of the most predictable things in life is there will be change. You are better off if you can have a say in the change. But you are ignorant or naive if you don't think there will be change, whether you want it to or not.
Julius Erving
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Julius Erving
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: February 22
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Julius Winfield Erving II
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J. W. Erving
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