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Rupert Murdoch

I'm a strange mixture of my mother's curiosity my father, who grew up the son of the manse in a Presbyterian family, who had a tremendous sense of duty and responsibility and my mother's father, who was always in trouble with gambling debts.

Rupert Murdoch

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Rupert Murdoch describes himself as a combination of different traits inherited from his family members: his mother's inquisitive nature, his father's strong commitment to duty shaped by a strict religious upbringing, and his maternal grandfather's tendency to get into trouble due to gambling. This mix highlights how his personality is influenced by both discipline and risk-taking within his family background.

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