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Jack Burns's avatar

The second half is tremendous. Many with the classic "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" mentality haven't imagined being born in the south side of Chicago.....or Djibouti, Africa.

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Jonathan Chan's avatar

The Bible does elucidate a similar point,

Ecclesiastes 9:11 NKJV

I returned and saw under the sun that— The race is not to the swift, Nor the battle to the strong, Nor bread to the wise, Nor riches to men of understanding, Nor favor to men of skill; But time and chance happen to them all.

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