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We live in a society that feeds on criticism. It is so easy to find fault, and to resist doing so requires much discipline.

Gordon B. Hinckley

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Gordon B. Hinckley
Age: 97 †
Born: 1910
Born: June 23
Died: 2008
Died: January 27
Hymnwriter
Prophet
Religious Leader
Salt Lake City
Utah
Gordon Bitner Hinckley
Gordon Hinckley
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Society
Easy
Feeds
Find
Resist
Live
Fault
Much
Faults
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Criticism

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