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As idiotic as optimism can sometimes seem, it has a weird habit of paying off.

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Michael Lewis
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: October 15
Author
Journalist
Writer
New Orleans
Louisiana
Michael M. Lewis
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Optimism
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