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My decision to become a lawyer was irrevocably sealed when I realized my father hated the legal profession.
John Grisham
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John Grisham
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: February 8
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Jonesboro
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John Ray Grisham
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John Ray Grisham Jr
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