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It's easy to stand back, but to move forward and take a chance, that takes a little more guts, a little more courage.

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Venus Williams
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: June 17
Entrepreneur
Tennis Player
Writer
Lynwood
USA
Venus Ebony Starr Williams
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