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I Had The Opportunity To Be Around My Kids A Lot. I Guess I Could Have Kept Working, But I Had Them When I Was 47. You Only Get To See All This Stuff Once. I Just Chose To Work At Home And Watch Them.

-Bob Seger

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I Had The Opportunity

Bob Seger

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I Had The Opportunity To Be Around My Kids A Lot. I Guess I Could Have Kept Working, But I Had Them When I Was 47. You Only Get To See All This Stuff Once. I Just Chose To Work At Home And Watch Them.

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