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Terry Pratchett Quotes: Seeing, contrary to popular wisdom, isn't believing. It's where belief stops, because it isn't needed any more.
         

Seeing, contrary to popular wisdom, isn't believing. It's where belief stops, because it isn't needed any more.


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