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It is an overactive imagination that turns men into cowards, not a surfeit of fear, as many believe

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Christopher Paolini
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: November 17
Author
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Science Fiction Writer
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LA
California
Christopher James Paolini
Turns
Fear
Many
Believe
Men
Surfeit
Cowards
Coward
Imagination

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