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The most important role models should and could be parents and teachers. But that said, once you're a teenager you've probably gotten as much of an example from your parents as you're going to.
Andrew Shue
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Andrew Shue
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: February 20
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Wilmington
Delaware
Andrew Eppley Shue
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