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Speaking in 1993, Bill Clinton reflected on his childhood:
When I was about 9 years old, my beloved and now departed grandmother, who was a very wise woman, looked at me and she said, ‘You know, I believe you could be a preacher if you were just a little better boy.’ (Clinton, 1993f)
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Herbert, J. (2016). The Oratory of Bill Clinton. In: Crines, A.S., Moon, D.S., Lehrman, R. (eds) Democratic Orators from JFK to Barack Obama. Rhetoric, Politics and Society. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137509031_7
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