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Today is a most unusual day, because we have never lived it before we will never live it again it is the only day we have.

William Arthur Ward

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William Arthur Ward
Age: 72 †
Born: 1921
Born: December 17
Died: 1994
Died: March 30
Writer
Louisiana
United States
Never
Life
Unusual
Conservative
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Today
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