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Good Character Is More To Be Praised Than Outstanding Talent. Most Talents Are, To Some Extent, A Gift. Good Character, By Contrast, Is Not Given To Us. We Have To Build It, Piece By Piece - By Thought, Choice, Courage, And Determination.

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H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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Good Character Is More To Be Praised Than Outstanding Talent. Most Talents Are, To Some Extent, A Gift. Good Character, By Contrast, Is Not Given To Us. We Have To Build It, Piece By Piece - By Thought, Choice, Courage, And Determination.

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