I was an optimist, a great champion of the human spirit. And I lost that for a time. I feel like I've regained a bit of that in the last few years but there was a period of my life in which I had a very low opinion of people in general.
I can't relax and sink back in the couch and watch 'Jeopardy!' the way I used to.
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