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Most people stand on the dock of life waiting for their ship to come in when deep down inside they know it has never left port.

Zig Ziglar

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Zig Ziglar
Age: 86 †
Born: 1926
Born: November 6
Died: 2012
Died: November 28
Author
Motivational Speaker
Writer
Coffee County
Alabama
Inspirational
Docks
Left
Port
Come
Ship
Never
Ships
Life
Deep
People
Inside
Stand
Waiting
Dock

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