'Rick Gray
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| Gender | Male |
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| Occupation | Candidate for Oregon House of Representatives |
| Location | Cannon Beach, Oregon, United States |
| Introduction | My influences include a lawyer's bias toward traditional conservatism; a problem-solver's temperamental orientation toward change; an inherited confidence in a nation which has provided opportunity to millions and met enormous challenges in the past; and an informed awareness of how far the present generation has fallen short of that tradition. With three degrees from the University of Virginia (earned over four different decades), I'm a lifelong student, especially of history and biography. I've practiced law, served as Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia, taught high school, and worked as a professional actor and journalist. For several years, I was full-time caregiver to my mother, in her 90s. Welcome! |
| Interests | History, Politics, Writing, Bird-Watching, Beekeeping |
| Favorite movies | The Bridge on the River Kwai, Gandhi, Casablanca, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Saving Private Ryan, Lincoln, A Man for All Seasons, Firelight, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Princess Bride, Love Actually, Animal House. |
| Favorite music | Classical and Romantic; Jacques Brel , Classic Rock (late '60s, early '70s); Movie Soundtracks; Irish music. |
| Favorite books | The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Lonesome Dove; Mink River; Charles Dickens; Jane Austen; Patrick O'Brian. Non-Fiction: The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861; The Thirty Years' War (Wedgwood); anything by Churchill or Theodore Zeldin. |