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By Nature, I Am Not An Optimist, Though I Try To Act As If I Am.
-Howard Gardner
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By Nature, I Am Not An Optimist,
Howard Gardner
By Nature, I Am Not An Optimist, Though I Try To Act As If I Am.
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