“"I was really empty, knew nothing, and came from the back woods, relatively speaking, of Indiana and wasn’t terribly bright. But, there were wonderful people in the world who were very bright and knew a lot and I would go around sort of collecting them. These friends that I’ve collected are just amazing. And, they say they got something out of listening to me. It never seemed that way to me. I thought they knew how to do it and I wanted to listen to them. So, there must be a 3rd kind of person who thinks they’re insignificant and are neither willing to stay that way nor think that they could prove otherwise, but are very open to what other people have to offer. That’s how it was with me.”
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