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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
Leapt
Across
Abyss
Deep
Intentions
Wonder
Concrete
Running
Helped
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Legs
Many
Intention
Good
People
Wide

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