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“Some of my earliest memories are of us playing his video games.”

“Some of my earliest memories are of us playing his video games.”

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“As a Marine, I knew that we never go backwards. We always go forward.”
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“As a Marine, I knew that we never go backwards. We always go forward.”

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"We were so close that it was like just being...one person."
2:29

"We were so close that it was like just being...one person."

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“I was right there between two cultures that I love.”
2:17

“I was right there between two cultures that I love.”

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“I don't see him as a symbol. In some way that takes him away from me.”
3:20

“I don't see him as a symbol. In some way that takes him away from me.”

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“It's gonna feel like there's a part of me that's missing.”
3:22

“It's gonna feel like there's a part of me that's missing.”

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"If we're going anywhere, we're going down the aisle, because I'm too tired, too sick, and too sore to do any other damn thing."
5:12

"If we're going anywhere, we're going down the aisle, because I'm too tired, too sick, and too sore to do any other damn thing."

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"He always seemed so grateful for living."
2:55

"He always seemed so grateful for living."

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“A man of the ages is not someone who is called daddy.”
3:19

“A man of the ages is not someone who is called daddy.”

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“The next best thing could be around the corner.”
2:45

“The next best thing could be around the corner.”

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“We’re probably one of the military’s secret weapons.”
4:07

“We’re probably one of the military’s secret weapons.”

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“I used to like to serenade you from the stern of the canoe.”
2:53

“I used to like to serenade you from the stern of the canoe.”

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“I think they would want somebody to remember them.”
2:37

“I think they would want somebody to remember them.”

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"I applied to NASA four times."
3:05

"I applied to NASA four times."

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‘You guys had a uniform on and a gun. But, who fixed that gun for you?’
3:16

‘You guys had a uniform on and a gun. But, who fixed that gun for you?’

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“I felt kind of cheated out of the last part of my pregnancy.”
1:56

“I felt kind of cheated out of the last part of my pregnancy.”

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“Being happy is not in spite of being queer. It is a part of it.”
3:11

“Being happy is not in spite of being queer. It is a part of it.”

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“We wanted to make other people feel better.”
2:47

“We wanted to make other people feel better.”

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“You know, it's strange to get called out by the mother of civil rights...”
3:36

“You know, it's strange to get called out by the mother of civil rights...”

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"You destroyed our hopes and our dreams and our love, but you didn't remove the man."
4:09

"You destroyed our hopes and our dreams and our love, but you didn't remove the man."

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