“[He wove those three threads into a talk ranging from annually spending a week at Halloween as a child collecting candy to giving candy to hundreds of children at Halloween as an adult; from childhood assistance he received from adults, particularly after his parents divorced, to saying] I challenge you to be a caring adult in someone’s life … Great times call forth great leaders.” – Thomas Jefferson
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"[He wove those three threads into a talk ranging from annually spending a week at Halloween as a child collecting candy to giving candy to hundreds of children at Halloween as an adult; from childhood assistance he received from adults, particularly after his parents divorced, to saying] I challenge you to be a caring adult in someone’s life … Great times call forth great leaders." – Thomas Jefferson
"[He wove those three threads into a talk ranging from annually spending a week at Halloween as a child collecting candy to giving candy to hundreds of children at Halloween as an adult; from childhood assistance he received from adults, particularly after his parents divorced, to saying] I challenge you to be a caring adult in someone’s life … Great times call forth great leaders." – Thomas Jefferson
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