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"If you asked a kid, 'Would you rather be president or world boxing champion,' they'd all say world boxing champion."

"If you asked a kid, 'Would you rather be president or world boxing champion,' they'd all say world boxing champion."

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"They called it slums but it was never a slum to me."

"They called it slums but it was never a slum to me."

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"I didn't know that there were other blind people except me and my brothers."

"I didn't know that there were other blind people except me and my brothers."

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"My dad would come home, he'd say, 'Well, got another divorce today'."

"My dad would come home, he'd say, 'Well, got another divorce today'."

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"The train stopped and I thought we were somewhere like Colorado..."

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"The train stopped and I thought we were somewhere like Colorado..."

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"When I would get to a new town, everybody had to see who could whip the new boy."

"When I would get to a new town, everybody had to see who could whip the new boy."

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"You don't have to be dirty to be poor."

"You don't have to be dirty to be poor."

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"He never said anything good about my writing."

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"He never said anything good about my writing."

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"My father went to work in a chocolate factory. When he'd come home, his hair was all full of chocolate; his pillows were all brown."

"My father went to work in a chocolate factory. When he'd come home, his hair was all full of chocolate; his pillows were all brown."

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"I've never known anybody as totally fearless as he was."

"I've never known anybody as totally fearless as he was."

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"If somebody was coming down the road, they were either coming to see us or they were lost."

"If somebody was coming down the road, they were either coming to see us or they were lost."

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"My mother, of course, spoiled me..."

"My mother, of course, spoiled me..."