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I looked at the fact that people were in such financial trouble I said well people are broke because they want to be.

Larry Winget

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Larry Winget
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: October 2
Author
Motivational Speaker
Writer
Muskogee
Oklahoma
Looked
Trouble
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Facts
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People
Broke
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