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Nothing marks a man's character better than his attraction to intelligence.

Terry Goodkind

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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
Intellect
Mark
Intelligence
Character
Better
Nothing
Marks
Men
Novelists
Attraction

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