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"You’re my favorite person to talk about space to."
2:46

"You’re my favorite person to talk about space to."

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“I said, ‘Dr. King, I am John Robert Lewis.’”
3:16

“I said, ‘Dr. King, I am John Robert Lewis.’”

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“I realized, wow, somebody else has these feelings. This isn’t just me.”
2:59

“I realized, wow, somebody else has these feelings. This isn’t just me.”

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"I gathered up all my courage and I just did it, and then I was proud of myself."
2:41

"I gathered up all my courage and I just did it, and then I was proud of myself."

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“I really think I would lose a piece of who I am if I lost you as a friend.”
3:27

“I really think I would lose a piece of who I am if I lost you as a friend.”

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"From a very early age I believed that I would be someone who studied birds — who somehow found a way to fly."
3:32

"From a very early age I believed that I would be someone who studied birds — who somehow found a way to fly."

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“I think if you do not have children because you fear the future, that is to misunderstand what it means to be human.”
2:40

“I think if you do not have children because you fear the future, that is to misunderstand what it means to be human.”

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"I had this whole story about how she lived in a city on the moon."
3:04

"I had this whole story about how she lived in a city on the moon."

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“This was not going to be my moment that I failed.”
2:39

“This was not going to be my moment that I failed.”

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“I have to carry the cancer but you have to carry me.”
3:18

“I have to carry the cancer but you have to carry me.”

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“I still wake up screaming and reliving things that happened to me.”

“I still wake up screaming and reliving things that happened to me.”

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“You came in just in the nick of time, like a knight in shining armor.”
2:44

“You came in just in the nick of time, like a knight in shining armor.”

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“I didn’t try to find you because I believed that you were dead.”
3:10

“I didn’t try to find you because I believed that you were dead.”

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“If he got it, he’d give it to you. If he didn’t have it he’d tell you how to get it.”
3:00

“If he got it, he’d give it to you. If he didn’t have it he’d tell you how to get it.”

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"I did think I was the smartest person in class. But I realized that you were gonna give me a run for my money."
3:16

"I did think I was the smartest person in class. But I realized that you were gonna give me a run for my money."

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"It's so simple. If you have the space in your home and heart, you just do it."
2:55

"It's so simple. If you have the space in your home and heart, you just do it."

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“You can say anything and it would be no retribution of any kind."
2:45

“You can say anything and it would be no retribution of any kind."

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“If I’m in front of a blank sheet of paper with a pencil, I find such solace.”
3:46

“If I’m in front of a blank sheet of paper with a pencil, I find such solace.”

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"She said, 'You're stooping. Don't ever do that. We're very proud of you.'"
2:36

"She said, 'You're stooping. Don't ever do that. We're very proud of you.'"

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“I would sit right next to her and I would grab her cheek and I would pull her skin up like a tent, you know?”
2:32

“I would sit right next to her and I would grab her cheek and I would pull her skin up like a tent, you know?”

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