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"Everywhere we went my mother would make sure that they enrolled us in school."

"Everywhere we went my mother would make sure that they enrolled us in school."

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"I thought he was the goofiest guy I had ever met..."

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"I thought he was the goofiest guy I had ever met..."

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"I always lived in fear that someone would discover that I couldn't keep up."

"I always lived in fear that someone would discover that I couldn't keep up."

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"Let's face it: roaches are spectacular."

"Let's face it: roaches are spectacular."

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"If you live to be 100, I’d like to be 100 less one day."

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"If you live to be 100, I’d like to be 100 less one day."

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“Being happy is not in spite of being queer. It is a part of it.”

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“Being happy is not in spite of being queer. It is a part of it.”

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"When I was a kid, I didn't realize that you were different."

"When I was a kid, I didn't realize that you were different."

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"I told you that one day, you were going to go here to Stanford."

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"I told you that one day, you were going to go here to Stanford."

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“He was living with his inner struggles, and put those aside for everybody else.”

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“He was living with his inner struggles, and put those aside for everybody else.”

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"Ron was someone who didn't accept societal norms as being his norm."

"Ron was someone who didn't accept societal norms as being his norm."

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“This was not going to be my moment that I failed.”

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“This was not going to be my moment that I failed.”

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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.”