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The shackles of belief, when reinforced by fear, are difficult to break free from and rarely done.

Richard Paul Evans

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Richard Paul Evans
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 11
Author
Novelist
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Reinforced
Done
Shackles
Rarely
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Belief
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