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As I run, I wonder how many of these people helped buy my leg. I wonder about the deep, wide abyss between good intentions and concrete action, and how many of them leapt across it.

Wendelin Van Draanen

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Wendelin Van Draanen
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 6
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Chicago
Illinois
Wonder
Intentions
Running
Concrete
Action
Helped
Many
Legs
Good
Intention
People
Wide
Across
Leapt
Deep
Abyss

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