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I have the opportunity, once more to right some wrongs, to pray for peace, to plant some trees, and sing more joyful songs.
William Arthur Ward
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William Arthur Ward
Age: 72 †
Born: 1921
Born: December 17
Died: 1994
Died: March 30
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Louisiana
United States
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The greatest failure is the failure to try.
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Opportunity is often difficult to recognize we usually expect it to beckon us with beepers and billboards.
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A second-class is a first-class mistake.
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'If only' is the excuse of the loser 'I can' is the affirmation of the winner.
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