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Sometimes, making the wrong choice is better than making no choice. You have the courage to go forward, that is rare. A person who stands at the fork, unable to pick, will never get anywhere.

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
Sometimes
Choice
Forks
Never
Courage
Unable
Choices
Rare
Wrong
Stands
Making
Anywhere
Persons
Pick
Person
Picks
Better
Forward
Fork

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