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Perception was easily accomplished, required little effort, and it never had to stand the test of reality.

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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
Reality
Required
Littles
Accomplished
Little
Test
Never
Tests
Easily
Perception
Stand
Effort

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