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"When the Civil War ended, she was my age."

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"When the Civil War ended, she was my age."

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"When Papu would talk to us it was like a king holding his court."

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"When Papu would talk to us it was like a king holding his court."

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“I was worried that you might not accept me”

“I was worried that you might not accept me”

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“If I’m in front of a blank sheet of paper with a pencil, I find such solace.”

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“If I’m in front of a blank sheet of paper with a pencil, I find such solace.”

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“He would sit and tell us what it was like to be gay in 1890.”

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“He would sit and tell us what it was like to be gay in 1890.”

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"The last thing I wanted you to do was to be afraid of being Jewish.”

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"The last thing I wanted you to do was to be afraid of being Jewish.”

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"Why are you asking these questions?"

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"Why are you asking these questions?"

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"Tell me about your childhood in Mexico."

"Tell me about your childhood in Mexico."

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"And that’s the legacy. We never ran away."

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"And that’s the legacy. We never ran away."

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"Anytime they had a stunt to do with a black actor, they would paint these white guys in blackface."

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"Anytime they had a stunt to do with a black actor, they would paint these white guys in blackface."