“You never know what a man—or a woman—has inside: how much grit, how much courage, how much willingness to change. When someone draws on those qualities, you're looking at a person of substance. And power. And promise. This world needs more of those.”

Source: Main Street Vegan (2012), Ch. 27: Rethink Macho

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