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People are stupid... They will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they're afraid it might be true.

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Terry Goodkind
Age: 72 †
Born: 1948
Born: January 14
Died: 2020
Died: September 17
Novelist
Writer
Omaha
Nebraska
Terry Lee Goodkind
Lying
True
Might
Believe
People
Afraid
Stupid

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