I think it's easiest to teach by example. My dad didn't tell us to work hard we just saw how hard he worked. I know I have shortcomings – like a short fuse – but I've learned you can't come home from a long day of work and snap at the kids.
I know my dad is a big Internet freak and he's been known to be a Wikileaker.
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My dad has sometimes felt that I grew up a little lacking in sufficient eccentricity – in the sense that I'm willing to live as an adult in a house with walls that are parallel to each other that sort of thing.