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“You were with me until I was three...and then you kept disappearing on me.”
4:07

“You were with me until I was three...and then you kept disappearing on me.”

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“I remember never being so afraid and so excited in my entire life.”
3:09

“I remember never being so afraid and so excited in my entire life.”

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"Farming...is about life over death rather than death over life."
3:23

"Farming...is about life over death rather than death over life."

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“And you said, ‘I want you to do that house, please.’”
3:03

“And you said, ‘I want you to do that house, please.’”

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“I didn’t really think there was a possibility that I wouldn’t grow up.”
3:23

“I didn’t really think there was a possibility that I wouldn’t grow up.”

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"I’d be willing to trade you this old guitar for a bottle of whiskey."
2:59

"I’d be willing to trade you this old guitar for a bottle of whiskey."

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“You don’t often have two hydrogen bombs falling out of aircraft onto U.S. property.”
3:27

“You don’t often have two hydrogen bombs falling out of aircraft onto U.S. property.”

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“Being in a place like that, I didn’t feel like we was human.”
3:00

“Being in a place like that, I didn’t feel like we was human.”

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“I’m terrified of missing you growing up.”
3:03

“I’m terrified of missing you growing up.”

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“When I buy a new book, I don’t start reading the first page. I smell it.”
3:09

“When I buy a new book, I don’t start reading the first page. I smell it.”

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“There was this big possum on the side of the road. He wasn’t hurt at all, except he was dead.”
3:35

“There was this big possum on the side of the road. He wasn’t hurt at all, except he was dead.”

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"I remember seeing your face and I was shocked."
2:32

"I remember seeing your face and I was shocked."

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"I knew it was going to be hard and I knew I’d be different, but I knew I could compete with any of ’em."
3:26

"I knew it was going to be hard and I knew I’d be different, but I knew I could compete with any of ’em."

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"Don't tell anybody that you saw Santa buying tools for the elves at Home Depot."
3:04

"Don't tell anybody that you saw Santa buying tools for the elves at Home Depot."

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“One reason I love you so much is you know what I went through and you don’t feel threatened.”
2:32

“One reason I love you so much is you know what I went through and you don’t feel threatened.”

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“...everything was dead. Like if I had landed on the moon.”
2:47

“...everything was dead. Like if I had landed on the moon.”

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“We had even stronger bonds because we had survived this together.”
2:44

“We had even stronger bonds because we had survived this together.”

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"I truly think everyone should do what they can to sustain their country."
2:04

"I truly think everyone should do what they can to sustain their country."

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“Is there one thing that you respect about the way that I see the world?”
2:34

“Is there one thing that you respect about the way that I see the world?”

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"The last thing I wanted you to do was to be afraid of being Jewish.”
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"The last thing I wanted you to do was to be afraid of being Jewish.”

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