My parents were very poor, but we never felt any sense of need or want. It was a very close, loving, tightly-knit family growing up, and I never felt any sense of deprivation or anything like that.
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I had a great interest in sports. I had three older brothers who were great athletes. I was not.George J. Mitchell
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As they say, one thing led to another, and, ultimately, the British and Irish governments asked me to serve as chairman of the peace negotiations, which ironically began six years ago this week.
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I was the United States Attorney for Maine for three years, and then was appointed a federal judge.
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