Photo by Dewey Nicks for New York Times Magazine, May 2009
“All I ask of you, especially young people — is one thing. Please don’t be cynical — I hate cynicism — it’s my least favorite quality and it doesn’t lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen. I’m telling you, amazing things will happen.”
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This will run like a broken record in my head through the rest of my professional life.