![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.](/assets/img/quote-photos/they-teachers-beat-it-right-out-of-me-or-they-beat-it-into-me-and-educated-it.jpg)
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