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I come from a political family. My father was a freedom fighter. He was a prominent leader of the locality and member of the Congress party. He spent 10 years in British prisons. In the evening, in our living room, the only subject we used to discuss was politics. So politics was not unfamiliar to me.

— Pranab Mukherjee

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I knew quite a lot about politics before I went to Parliament.

— Ruth Rendell

I never thought about becoming a politician. But during the military dictatorship, my grandfather was put in prison six times and my father twice. If my family and my country didn't have this history, I might be a professor somewhere today.

— George Papandreou

I came to politics later in life so I bring a different life experience to it.

— Kathleen Wynne

I was really fascinated by politics. It always has been part of my view that politics really is a calling or you wouldn't go into it, because it's demanding and potentially has a toll on you and your family.

— John Key

I grew up in a household where we talked politics a lot and argued politics a lot.

— Chris Hayes

I came into politics because of my opposition to what a Tory Government was doing to the community I grew up in.

— Nicola Sturgeon

I grew up in an apolitical household. I never left the country. When I became an adult, I started traveling and became interested in politics, and I probably talked about things in a silly, ignorant way.

— Jesse Eisenberg

My dad's family were political and he was always a theatrical creature, whereas my mum is really musical and her father was the touring pianist with Nat King Cole. My family was an explosive mixture of politics, religion and music - no wonder I turned out how I did.

— Grace Jones

I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely.

— Joseph Stiglitz

✗Opposing Perspectives

No one in my family had ever been in politics. My dad thought it was something that got in the way.

— Rob Portman