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Nothing is lost that we do not first see as lost. Visions born of fear give birth to our failing. Visions born of hope give birth to our success. What is possible lives within us, and it only remains for us to discover it.
Terry Brooks
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Terry Brooks
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: January 8
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Terence Dean Brooks
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