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I do know this: God does answer your prayers, but it's not always in the way you expect. God knows what's best for us, though, so there's no need to worry when things don't go how we originally wanted them to go.

Lou Holtz

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Lou Holtz
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: January 6
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