I mean for all of his faults and the troubles in his marriage Bill Clinton is still married to a girl he met in the library 25 years ago at school. Can we say that about many of our other leaders today in America including on the right wing?
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I said to myself: what if I woke up, and every single day I did everything...
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I'd give it back, all of it, if I could have my family back.
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I've learned in my life that you really don't know what's possible until...
I was 17 and living on the streets. I had the education of technically an...
When you take charge of your own narrative, it gives you a handle on it.
I guess if there is a big spiritual experience in my life, it is me...
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Success creates opportunities for other people.
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But avoidance allows you to believe that you're making all kinds of...
One point of view gives a one dimensional world.
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