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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
Actor
Film Producer
Lawyer
Missionary
Novelist
Politician
Screenwriter
Television Producer
Writer
Jonesboro
Arkansas
John Ray Grisham
Jr.
John Ray Grisham Jr
Become
Sealed
Legal
Lawyer
Hated
Profession
Realized
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Father
Irrevocably

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