“I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.” ~ Gilbert K. Chesterton   A true maverick was Mr. Chesterton. He didn’t just color outside the lines… he erased them altogether and drew his own damn lines.

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