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I became a soldier, not because I had a military vocation initially, but because it was the only way that that young, poor-class child from the provinces could go to the center of the country: through baseball, which was my dream.
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"I became a soldier, not because I had a military vocation initially, but because it was the only way that that young, poor-class child from the provinces could go to the center of the country: through baseball, which was my dream."
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I became a soldier, not because I had a military vocation initially, but because it was the only way that that young, poor-class child from the provinces could go to the center of the country: through baseball, which was my dream. — Hugo Chavez

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Hugo Chavez was a Statesman from Venezuela (1954–2013).

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Who said "I became a soldier, not because I had a military vocation initially, but becaus…"?
This quote is attributed to Hugo Chavez, a Statesman from Venezuela.
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Hugo Chavez lived from 1954 – 2013.
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