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I could have.What does this phrase mean? At any given moment in our lives, there are certain things that could have heppened but, didn't. The magic moments go unrecognized, and then suddenly, the hand of destiny changes everything.

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Paulo Coelho
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: August 24
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