Making My Mark as a Man of Mediocrity; Pretty Much from the Moment I Came into the World Looking like a Miniature Winston Churchill (Smoking a Big Cigar, Apparently) Mum Saw Me Destined for Greatness. Medicine? Law? Politics?
Byline: TUESDAY With Damian Bathersby
MY mum was always sure I was going to do great things.
Pretty much from the moment I came into the world looking just like a miniature Winston Churchill (smoking a big cigar, apparently) she saw me destined for greatness.
Medicine? Law? Politics?
She really didn't care because I was her first-born and she believed I was special.
About 12 months later, when it was clear my only skills were staring blankly at the ceiling and making a dull "oooohhh" sound, she admitted defeat and started thinking of a sporting career.
She was a tennis fan so I was steered in that direction while she focused on …
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Article title: Making My Mark as a Man of Mediocrity; Pretty Much from the Moment I Came into the World Looking like a Miniature Winston Churchill (Smoking a Big Cigar, Apparently) Mum Saw Me Destined for Greatness. Medicine? Law? Politics?.
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Newspaper title: Tweed Daily News (Tweed Heads, Australia).
Publication date: January 13, 2009.
Page number: 11.
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