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"It was so hard to watch these babies—they would have tremors; they’re inconsolable. And we couldn’t fix it."
2:37

"It was so hard to watch these babies—they would have tremors; they’re inconsolable. And we couldn’t fix it."

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"He gave me the joys of motherhood, and the pains of motherhood."
3:09

"He gave me the joys of motherhood, and the pains of motherhood."

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"The hardest thing I do every day is decide to go outside or not."
3:17

"The hardest thing I do every day is decide to go outside or not."

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“Learning became almost a spiteful activity to prove the teachers at the high school wrong.”
3:22

“Learning became almost a spiteful activity to prove the teachers at the high school wrong.”

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“My father did what no black man at the time was supposed to do, he allowed his car to run out of gas.”
3:11

“My father did what no black man at the time was supposed to do, he allowed his car to run out of gas.”

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“The letters were everything.”
3:00

“The letters were everything.”

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"I applied to NASA four times."
3:41

"I applied to NASA four times."

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"I can remember thinking, ‘What am I doing here?’"
3:10

"I can remember thinking, ‘What am I doing here?’"

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“I could see from the doctor’s face that it was really bad.”
2:53

“I could see from the doctor’s face that it was really bad.”

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“I called my mom and told her, ‘There’s been a shooting and Alex was in the theater.'"
2:48

“I called my mom and told her, ‘There’s been a shooting and Alex was in the theater.'"

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"I can’t make up for half of your life that I missed."
3:25

"I can’t make up for half of your life that I missed."

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"We see each other every day, every minute of every day."
2:18

"We see each other every day, every minute of every day."

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“He was living the American Dream.”
3:07

“He was living the American Dream.”

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“I want them to remember the warm feeling that they’re safe. But I hope they don’t remember us.”
3:48

“I want them to remember the warm feeling that they’re safe. But I hope they don’t remember us.”

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"She used to always tell me that, as long as she was alive, our son and I would never want for anything."
3:07

"She used to always tell me that, as long as she was alive, our son and I would never want for anything."

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"I’ve learned from the bees patience, respect, and work 'til you die."
2:24

"I’ve learned from the bees patience, respect, and work 'til you die."

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"He was talking about this feeling that he had that he was going to die."
3:11

"He was talking about this feeling that he had that he was going to die."

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“Everybody knew my father but me. I just felt cheated.”
3:15

“Everybody knew my father but me. I just felt cheated.”

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“If you had walked away and left me there, nobody would have looked askance.”
2:45

“If you had walked away and left me there, nobody would have looked askance.”

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"One of the greatest tools that I learned is that I have the ability to truly change someone’s life."
2:27

"One of the greatest tools that I learned is that I have the ability to truly change someone’s life."

Each week, the StoryCorps podcast shares these unscripted conversations, revealing the wisdom, courage, and poetry in the words of people you might not notice walking down the street.