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The purpose of debates is to explore issues, not end them.

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David Gemmell
Age: 57 †
Born: 1948
Born: August 1
Died: 2006
Died: July 28
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London
England
David Andrew Gemmell
Ross Harding
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You do not convince me. You rationalize your actions and because the result is favorable you become right.
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Heroes are people who face down their fears. It is that simple.
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All things are possible, ... Except the passing of regret.
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How many hopes and dreams are trapped within these bones? How many wonders lie never to be discovered? This is what war is. Desolation, despair and loss. There are no victors.
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This world has few redeeming features, and one is the capacity for people to love one another with great, enduring passion.
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Nothing in life is sure, my son. Except the promise of death.
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Most wars are fought for greed, but we are luckier here we fight for our lives and the lives of the people we love.
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A warrior...must believe in his strength of will, of purpose, of heart and soul.
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Men don't change. They just learn to disguise the lack of change.
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Hate is the father of all evil.
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In my experience all women deserve someone better.
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... Life can be savored only if you look to the future and leave vengeance to the gods
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Too many people go through life without pausing to enjoy what they have.
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This is the real magic of fantasy fiction: it can feed souls and change lives.
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Evil lives in a pit. If you want to fight it – you must climb down in the slime to do so.
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Love is a mystery. We embrace it where we can. Mostly we do not choose whom we love. It just happens. A voice speaks to us, in ways the ears cannot hear. We recognize a beauty the eye does not see. We experience a change in our hearts that no voice can describe.
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When healers yearn to kill then hope begins to die ... Evil cannot be overcome by evil.
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A man cannot spend his life worrying about the unexpected.
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I underestimated you, woman. ... The cry of men down the ages.
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She was his north star, the fixed point round which his world turned. For as long as his heart beat, or hers, he believed they would always share a destiny.
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