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I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.
Thomas Jefferson
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Thomas Jefferson
Age: 83 †
Born: 1743
Born: April 2
Died: 1826
Died: July 4
3Rd U.S. President
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Paper is poverty, it is only the ghost of money, and not money itself.
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I extremely believe in luck, and I discovered more hard work, your luck as much
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