Claude Osteen Quotes

Slapping a rattlesnake across the face with the back of your hand is safer than trying to fool Henry Aaron.

Claude Osteen

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• Hands
• Fool
• Faces
• Slapping
• Rattlesnakes

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  • Trying
  • Hands
  • Fool