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Faith is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It's about making sacrifices for the good of others-- even when there's not going to be anyone telling you what a hero you are.

Jim Butcher

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Jim Butcher
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 26
Actor
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Independence
Missouri
Faith
Aspiring
Making
Nobler
Others
Kinder
Better
Sacrifices
Even
Telling
Going
Hero
Good
Sacrifice
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