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David Schweikert: Well, speaking of rock stars, the gentleman to your right, I mean, Mr. Kamen, you're touching and working with a lot of…

On the recordJanuary 8, 2014
Well, speaking of rock stars, the gentleman to your right, I mean, Mr. Kamen, you're touching and working with a lot of these young people. It is my vision of sort of cynicism that our avoidance of what is difficult, our constant concern about people's self-esteem is an impediment to the understanding of this is reality. Reality sometimes is hard.
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David Schweikert
Republican · Arizona

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Schweikert discusses the cultural impact of avoiding difficult challenges on self-esteem.

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