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Without question, we make choices - and those choices have consequences. So can you control your own destiny? To a degree, certainly. Must you have faith in serendipity? Without question, you'd better. Otherwise you're foolish.

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Tom Hanks
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 9
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