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I come from a family of traders my grandmother and my mother were very good at making money.

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Anne Robinson
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: September 26
Autobiographer
Journalist
Television Presenter
Crosby
Merseyside
Anne Josephine Robinson
Money
Come
Good
Traders
Grandmother
Family
Making
Mother

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I do think your attitude towards money is an inherent part of your character.
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