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It's almost as difficult to believe that someone with so many trials could harbor such hope, as that there are those with so much advantage who harbor such hopelessness.

Richard Paul Evans

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Richard Paul Evans
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 11
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Novelist
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Many
Hopelessness
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Harbors
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