I think confidence comes from doing something well, working at it hard, and you build it up. It's … - Doris Kearns Goodwin

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The testimony and the documentary evidence produced by the Government demonstrate that the Bell System had violated the antitrust laws in a number of ways over a lengthy period of time.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

I think confidence comes from doing something well, working at it hard, and you build it up. It's not something you're born with. You have to build the confidence as you go along.

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