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"No writer should minimize the factor that affects everyone, but is beyond control: luck."

John Jakes, American Writer

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"No writer should minimize the factor that affects everyone, but is beyond control: luck."

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"No writer should minimize the factor that affects everyone, but is beyond control: luck."

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