I've always felt that maybe one of the reasons that I did well as a student and made … - Denton Cooley

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Denton Cooley

I've always felt that maybe one of the reasons that I did well as a student and made such good grades was because I lacked. . . self-confidence, and I never felt that I was prepared to take an examination, and I had to study a little bit extra. So that sort of lack of confidence helped me, I think, to make a good record when I was a student.

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