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" By nature, I am someone who hews to the middle. I need to hear all sides of a story. Unless I am engaged in a tough round of dominoes or Scrabble, I think of myself as unreasonably reasonable. "

Gwen Ifill

Myself

Nature

Need

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Gwen Ifill

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Ice Cream

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Gwen Ifill

Pride

Expectations

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Gwen Ifill

White

Duck

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