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" All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end and an alphabet at the other. "

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" When I was a little girl, my dad always said to me that I was going to be this great businesswoman, that I was going to be the CEO of IBM. So that's what I came into the world thinking, that I was going to go into the business world and make my mark there. "

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" I'm more comfortable with whatever's wrong with me than my father was whenever he felt he failed or didn't measure up to the standard he set. "

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" Whoever does not have a good father should procure one. "

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