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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...”