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"It was my fault that you didn’t have a father there."
2:42
"It was my fault that you didn’t have a father there."
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"When he closed his eyes he would see the bombs."
2:34
"When he closed his eyes he would see the bombs."
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"They said, 'Peaches, come up here, you got some mail.'"
2:48
"They said, 'Peaches, come up here, you got some mail.'"
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"I don’t know what I’d do without you. Because I cannot stand being alone."
2:01
"I don’t know what I’d do without you. Because I cannot stand being alone."
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“The parents initially booed when I went out to play. They could see that I was a better player than some of their sons.”
3:00
“The parents initially booed when I went out to play. They could see that I was a better player than some of their sons.”
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“I want to take the bullet and save my friends.”
3:04
“I want to take the bullet and save my friends.”
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“I was embarrassed that you drove a taxicab. But not anymore.”
2:58
“I was embarrassed that you drove a taxicab. But not anymore.”
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“When I did get back home, my son didn’t recognize me.”
3:01
“When I did get back home, my son didn’t recognize me.”
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“The next time you and I saw each other was in the middle of the Vietnam War.”
2:48
“The next time you and I saw each other was in the middle of the Vietnam War.”
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“His decades of abuse — it was the funeral pyre to the old ways.”
2:43
“His decades of abuse — it was the funeral pyre to the old ways.”
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"I thought something was really wrong with me..."
3:20
"I thought something was really wrong with me..."
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“The dream is free, but the hustle is sold separately.”
1:50
“The dream is free, but the hustle is sold separately.”
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"My name is John Banvard. I am 100 years of age."
2:16
"My name is John Banvard. I am 100 years of age."
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"I packed up my stamp collection and some books and that was it."
3:02
"I packed up my stamp collection and some books and that was it."
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“My earliest memory is when you came to the first-grade classroom to dissect cow hearts.”
2:41
“My earliest memory is when you came to the first-grade classroom to dissect cow hearts.”
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“When I took you home, I didn’t know how to feel.”
2:36
“When I took you home, I didn’t know how to feel.”
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"I was 15 years of age when I first started having my own private sit-ins."
3:08
"I was 15 years of age when I first started having my own private sit-ins."
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“I went through 39 years of incarceration because of some things that you put in motion.”
4:09
“I went through 39 years of incarceration because of some things that you put in motion.”
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“I love you more than a unicorn — and I really love unicorns.”
2:43
“I love you more than a unicorn — and I really love unicorns.”
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“That year we used all our money just before Christmas...”
2:20
“That year we used all our money just before Christmas...”
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