A Quote by Damian Lewis
I went to boarding school, and what that teaches you is to cope emotionally at a young age and to suppress a lot of emotion. Being in the army is, in a way, similar.
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I have a theory that if you've got the kind of parents who want to send you to boarding school, you're probably better off at boarding school.
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We lived in Germany; my father was in the Army, and they figured I would have more consistency at boarding school. That kind of gives you a thick skin.
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