"Find the best in everybody. … you might have to wait a long time, sometimes years, but people will show you their good side. Just keep waiting no matter how long it takes. No one is all evil. Everybody has a good side, just keep waiting, it will come out."

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“Don't bail. The best of the gold’s at the bottom of barrels of crap.”

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“And be prepared. Luck is truly where preparation meets opportunity.”

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