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Better to be the failure who nobly strived than the success who never really had to.

Brandon Sanderson

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Brandon Sanderson
Age: 48
Born: 1975
Born: December 19
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Lincoln
Nebraska
Never
Strived
Nobly
Failure
Success
Better
Really

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