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We all can be only who we are, no more, no less.

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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
Philosophical
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But in the end, we can’t live our lives by ‘what if’ and ‘if only.’ We can only do the best we can to the best of our ability based on what we know. That’s why the truth is so important.
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They look at me and I kind of back up in case they go for my throat.
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Hesitation is a mistake that invites defeat. I would not be Mord-Sith had I not hesitated when I was young. - Cara
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Richard started to walk away. Zedd called his name. He stopped and turned. Just be glad she cares for you as much as she does. If she didn't, she might have touched you. Richard stared back at him a long moment. I'm afraid, in a way, she already has.
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...you'll find that being a friend is to like a person for who they are, even the parts you don't understand. You don't have to understand, or do the same, or live their lives for them. If you truly care for them, then you want them to be who they are that was why you liked them in the first place.
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Every person's life is theirs by right. An individual's life can and must belong only to to himself, not to any society or community, or he is then but a slave.
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Standing for truth is everything. Truth is power. Don't ever forget that.
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Wizard's Ninth Rule A contradiction can not exist in reality. Not in part, nor in whole.
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If the road is easy, you're likely going the wrong way.
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Once you teach me something, it's mine to use.
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Many people believe everything others say, even though what they see with their own eyes, should be enough to tell them otherwise.
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I'm afraid that we all make mistakes. One of the things that defines our character is how we handle mistakes. If we lie about having made a mistake, then it can't be corrected and it festers. On the other hand, if we give up just because we made a mistake, even a big mistake, none of us would get far in life.
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Enemies,' the wizard said, 'are the price of honour.
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Once you place that crown of liar on your head, you can take it off again, but it leaves a stain for all time.
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I've always said fantasy is sort of 'stealth philosophy'.
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...think of the solution, not the problem. If your mind was filled only with thoughts of why you were going to lose, then you couldn't think of how to win.
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Nothing marks a man's character better than his attraction to intelligence.
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Think of the solution, not the problem
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That's what friends are for-to be strong for you when you need a moment to find your own strength.
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It does the sheep no good to preach the goodness of a diet of grass, if the wolves are of a different mind.
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