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> [My father was in the coal business in West Virginia. Both dad and mother were, however, originally from Massachusetts; New England, to them, meant the place to go if you really wanted an education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-knowles/my-father-was-in-the-coal-business-in-west-virginia-both-dad-and/)

[John Knowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-knowles/)

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> [My mother was originally from Yorkshire and I spent a lot of my childhood there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prunella-scales/my-mother-was-originally-from-yorkshire-and-i-spent-a-lot-of-my/)

[Prunella Scales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prunella-scales/)

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