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Generally a wise actor will be very careful about the person to whom he gives that power.
William Mapother
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William Mapother
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: April 17
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I would not call myself Catholic anymore, but I went to 16 years of Catholic school: grade school, high school and college.
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They [teachers] beat it right out of me. Or they beat it into me and educated it out of me. I don't know that's an interesting question. The Catholic schools required work, so I think that may have been where the work ethic came from, in answer to the question of how my character may have been shaped.
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