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Everything is valuable under the right conditions. To a man dying of thirst, water be more precious than gold. To a drowning man, water be of little worth and great trouble.

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
Great
Worth
Men
Conditions
Trouble
Drowning
Water
Thirst
Littles
Precious
Little
Valuable
Everything
Gold
Right
Dying

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