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The worse you are at thinking, the better you are at drinking.

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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
Humorous
Drinking
Worse
Better
Thinking

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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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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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Ever since I was really little, I've had characters that were in my mind.
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I'm surprised you don't know more about magic, Sister Verna. There is a word that is magic. It can accomplish more than you might think. Maybe you have heard it before. It is the word 'please.
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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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Others made you into who you were. You made yourself into what you have become.
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I felt like I'd been misplaced in the cosmos and I belonged in Maine.
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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 God is so powerful, can he create a rock which he cannot lift?
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Love is a passion for life shared with another person. You fall in love with a person who you think is wonderful. It's your deepest appreciation of the value of that individual, and that individual is a reflection of what you value most in life. Love, for sound reasons, can be one of life's greatest rewards.
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Wizard's Seventh Rule Life is the future, not the past.
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You can destroy those who speak the truth, but you cannot destroy the truth itself
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Your life is yours and yours alone. Rise up and live it.
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