Sam Donaldson Quotes

My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.

Sam Donaldson

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• My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.

  

  Sam Donaldson
  • School
  • She
  • Mother