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" I'd heard about a shipwreck that was never found - John Paul Jones' Bonhomme Richard. So I thought, 'Well, I'll go look for it.' "
Clive Cussler
Never
Look
Heard
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Most
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Left
Arm
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Never
I Write
Had
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Friends
Left
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Play
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Find
Turn
Never
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Done
Beautiful
Day
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Something
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End
Writing
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Stay
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