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"He had eyes the color of a swimming pool. They were the lightest blue, and they sparkled."
"He had eyes the color of a swimming pool. They were the lightest blue, and they sparkled."
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"Enjoy life as much as you can cause it doesn’t happen forever.”
2:06
"Enjoy life as much as you can cause it doesn’t happen forever.”
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"Well, no one really dreams of air conditioning at night."
"Well, no one really dreams of air conditioning at night."
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"I felt like this weight had just been lifted out of me."
"I felt like this weight had just been lifted out of me."
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"We met through a computer dating service back in 1964."
1:49
"We met through a computer dating service back in 1964."
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"What was it like to be pregnant with me in jail?"
2:38
"What was it like to be pregnant with me in jail?"
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"All of a sudden, we had to go get chemo together."
"All of a sudden, we had to go get chemo together."
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"I felt like a superhero."
"I felt like a superhero."
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"It’s not his bad days that are hard, it’s my bad days that are hard."
"It’s not his bad days that are hard, it’s my bad days that are hard."
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"I really just wanted to reach through the computer and hug you."
1:55
"I really just wanted to reach through the computer and hug you."
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"I knew that Gene would be just elated if he could go to the Moon…at last."
2:16
"I knew that Gene would be just elated if he could go to the Moon…at last."
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"You're like a little piece of Mommy on Earth."
2:45
"You're like a little piece of Mommy on Earth."
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"War does change you."
3:00
"War does change you."
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"I just started calling the sharks names of dirty, rotten, stinkin’ rock and rollers."
2:43
"I just started calling the sharks names of dirty, rotten, stinkin’ rock and rollers."
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"I remember feeling this tremendous weight of fear of what my life would be like."
2:49
"I remember feeling this tremendous weight of fear of what my life would be like."
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"Nobody has ever loved me the way he did. And I truly hope he felt the same way."
"Nobody has ever loved me the way he did. And I truly hope he felt the same way."
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"I remember just holding his featherweight frame in my arms."
"I remember just holding his featherweight frame in my arms."
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"I don’t consider myself a weak person, but I’m puny next to Mama."
2:29
"I don’t consider myself a weak person, but I’m puny next to Mama."
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"I told you that one day, you were going to go here to Stanford."
2:05
"I told you that one day, you were going to go here to Stanford."
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"Most doctors will tell you three to 10 years, but nobody really knows."
"Most doctors will tell you three to 10 years, but nobody really knows."
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