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

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"It's so simple. If you have the space in your home and heart, you just do it."
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"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."
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“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.”
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“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.'"
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"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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“There are things you see, when the fire is hot, that you’ll never see at any other time.”
1:56

“There are things you see, when the fire is hot, that you’ll never see at any other time.”

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“Has my collecting vacuums ever been a problem in our relationship?”
2:45

“Has my collecting vacuums ever been a problem in our relationship?”

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“Sometimes I wonder why everyone in the world doesn’t wanna be a nurse.”
2:41

“Sometimes I wonder why everyone in the world doesn’t wanna be a nurse.”

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“For me, Postville, Iowa was our little slice of home, but then I realize, is it my home? Where is home?”
3:05

“For me, Postville, Iowa was our little slice of home, but then I realize, is it my home? Where is home?”

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“Because she was Asian, they wouldn’t accept her. Mom said she didn’t care; she enlisted anyway.”
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“Because she was Asian, they wouldn’t accept her. Mom said she didn’t care; she enlisted anyway.”

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“My parents were afraid this might be contagious.”
2:58

“My parents were afraid this might be contagious.”

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“I didn’t know Mike Brown, but I knew how it felt to watch somebody die.”
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“I didn’t know Mike Brown, but I knew how it felt to watch somebody die.”

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