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It took me five years on Lyndon Johnson, ten years on the Kennedys, six years on the Roosevelts. Inevitably, you get shaped by the people that you're thinking about during that period of time.

Doris Kearns Goodwin
Thinking, Years, People
"Lessons of Presidential Leadership". American Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 28, 1996.
It took me five years on Lyndon Johnson, ten years on the Kennedys, six years on the Roosevelts. Inevitably, you get shaped by the people that you're thinking about during that period of time.