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It’s only useful to ask, what wisdom have you learned from your misjudgments that will help you going forward?

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David Brooks
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 22
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The people who really have character make deep, unshakable connections to something outside themselves.
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Every time Kellyanne Conway goes on TV, there's another fight with whoever's interviewing her that particular day.
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I do think creating an open free-trade economy but with strong social support is the way to go.
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What's interesting about the Trump administration is how bitterly divided they are in their attitudes towards Putin.
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I'm not the most emotionally attuned guy in the world. My wife says that me writing about emotion is like Gandhi writing about gluttony.
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[Donald Trump] will be the one on offense. He will be the one serving volleys, and it may be some weird stuff about the Russians, but he will be controlling things a little more than he probably did over the last two weeks.
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Woe to you who insults the intelligence community, if you're president.
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