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Hammer the iron that lies on your anvil instead of daydreaming about working silver.

Robert Jordan

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Robert Jordan
Age: 58 †
Born: 1948
Born: October 17
Died: 2007
Died: September 16
Author
Military Officer
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Charleston
South Carolina
James Oliver Rigney
Jr.
Iron
Lies
Anvil
Instead
Anvils
Working
Daydreaming
Lying
Hammer
Hammers
Silver

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