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“It’s really surprising the amount of life lessons you can learn in a kitchen if you have the right teacher.”

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“It’s really surprising the amount of life lessons you can learn in a kitchen if you have the right teacher.”

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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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“I would sit right next to her and I would grab her cheek and I would pull her skin up like a tent, you know?”

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“I would sit right next to her and I would grab her cheek and I would pull her skin up like a tent, you know?”

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“Because she was Asian, they wouldn’t accept her. Mom said she didn’t care; she enlisted anyway.”

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“Because she was Asian, they wouldn’t accept her. Mom said she didn’t care; she enlisted anyway.”

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“I didn’t know Mike Brown, but I knew how it felt to watch somebody die.”

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“I didn’t know Mike Brown, but I knew how it felt to watch somebody die.”

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“Part of me was like, 'he needs to walk through the door.' And he never walked through the door.”

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“Part of me was like, 'he needs to walk through the door.' And he never walked through the door.”

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"Every mile marker we passed, I was one minute closer to just being loved."

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"Every mile marker we passed, I was one minute closer to just being loved."

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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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"We felt a sense of gratitude that we could allow Elijah to rest in peace and not have to struggle."

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"We felt a sense of gratitude that we could allow Elijah to rest in peace and not have to struggle."

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"I heard her say, 'Don’t you be no sad mama for my grandbaby!'"

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"I heard her say, 'Don’t you be no sad mama for my grandbaby!'"