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Hardly anybody recognizes the most significant moments of their life at the time they happen.

W. P. Kinsella

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W. P. Kinsella
Age: 81 †
Born: 1935
Born: May 25
Died: 2016
Died: September 16
Novelist
Scrabble Player
Writer
Edmonton
Alberta
William Patrick Kinsella
Hardly
Significant
Anybody
Happen
Moments
Happens
Time
Life
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