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You can destroy those who speak the truth, but you cannot destroy the truth itself

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
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Speak
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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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If something is wrong, it matters not if a thousand men are for it you must still oppose it. If something is just, no amount of popular outcry should stay you from your course.
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When you insist someone submit to your will, it is accomplished most easily if you give them a small victory so they can retain their dignity while they do as you insist. ~ Kahlan Mother Confessor
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Those who have come here to hate should leave now for in their hate, they only betray themselves.
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Only those you trust can betray you ~ Nathan
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