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Opportunity never knocks. It hangs thick in the air all around you. You breathe it unthinking, and dissipate it with your sighs.

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Roy H. Williams
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: March 29
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Never
Knocks
Hangs
Sigh
Thick
Breathe
Air
Unthinking
Opportunity
Dissipate
Around
Sighs

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