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Once you decide to do right, life is easy, there are no distractions.

William Stafford

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William Stafford
Age: 79 †
Born: 1914
Born: January 17
Died: 1993
Died: August 28
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Poet
Writer
Hutchinson
Kansas
Life
Distractions
Distraction
Decide
Decision
Easy
Right

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