“We can stretch our personalities, but only up to a point. Bill Gates is never going to be Bill Clinton, no matter how he polishes his social skills, and Bill Clinton can never be Bill Gates, no matter how much time he spends alone with a computer.”

—  Susan Cain

"The quiet strength of the introvert," The Chicago Tribune, February 20, 2012.

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