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Many people believe everything others say, even though what they see with their own eyes, should be enough to tell them otherwise.

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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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Many
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Eyes
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Though
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