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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.

John Ortberg

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John Ortberg
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 5
Author
Psychologist
Theologian
Rockford
Illinois
Infectious
Contagious
Pessimism
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